Chapter 912 Old Wolf (Another Chapter)
"Mr. Xu, if that look in Obaid's eyes could kill someone, you would have been killed hundreds of times." Lu Hui said with a smile.
“Normal.
Fell from the clouds, it hurts a lot even if he doesn’t die.
Now he has nothing.
It would be weird if you didn't hate me. "
Xu Liang continued with a smile: "But now he can only hate. There is absolutely no chance that Vincent Bolore will be released on bail, let alone have his sentence reduced. "
"Why? "
"Bernard and Mouriez will never allow a powerful enemy who hates them to rise again. Therefore, Vincent is now in jail.
Coupled with Dressy's constraints, Vincent's chance of regaining the power of the Bolore Group cannot be said to be impossible, but it will not be too great. "Xu Liangdao.
Lu Hui thought for a while and said with admiration: "You still see far."
With a faint smile, Xu Liang left Vincent and Obaid behind. They were already a pair of dead dogs.
It is impossible to survive in a short period of time.
"Lv Hui, send an email to Hermès CEO Patrick Thomas in my name and say that I will treat them to dinner."
There was a hint of surprise in Lu Hui's eyes. .
But she didn't ask any more questions and nodded quickly.
Looking at the street scene passing quickly outside the car window, Xu Liang’s eyes became deep.
This acquisition by Vivendi Group allowed him to fully experience Bernard Arnault’s sophistication.
If you don't move, you will seize the seven inches of yourself and make huge profits.
And in addition to the obvious benefits, Bernard also received invisible benefits.
This time the six major families joined forces, and Bernard, as the leading brother, led everyone to reap huge rewards.
This undoubtedly formed a certain prestige in the upper class society.
If there is a similar action in the future, these families who have benefited will undoubtedly gather around him.
This loose alliance will become closer and larger.
Xu Liang, who had suffered heavy losses, was naturally more fearful.
In order to fight against this alliance, of course he must also develop his own connections in France.
There are currently two main ones.
The first one is the Bolore Group, headed by Dracy Bolore.
The two teamed up to send Vincent Bolore to prison, achieving the greatest mutual trust.
After completing the Havas Group transaction and the cooperation on the Pacific Fund, there will be a connection of interests.
Therefore, Dresi Bolore is a candidate to fight for.
The second one is the Hermès Group and the family behind it.
As Bernard continues to increase his stake in Hermès, the conflict between the two parties has become irreconcilable.
As the saying goes, the enemy of your enemy is your friend.
Therefore, it is necessary for him to form a strategic alliance with Hermès.
But the situation at Hermès is much more complicated.
In 1993, Hermès went public, with family members holding 74% of the shares. Among them, they were divided into three factions based on the surnames of their descendants, namely Dumas, Pieche, and Guéran.
The three companies have different shareholdings, different levels of participation in corporate management, and even different life styles.
The Dumas lineage in power is one of the strong factions.
Now Jean-Louis Dumas, the chairman of the board of directors of Hermès, has been trying his best to squeeze the voice of the other two brands. Needless to say, there have been frictions in the process.
Jean-Louis Dumas was undoubtedly a brilliant leader.
As the great-great-grandson of Thierry Hermès, the founder of the group, he has led the globalization of Hermès since 1978 and single-handedly brought it to the top of the pyramid in the luxury world.
But people have shortcomings.
This guy has an almost paranoid resistance to cultivating heirs.
As a result, after he had to stay away from Hermès due to health problems, there was no one in the family who could take the lead.
The current Hermès is like the feudal dynasty of "Master Shao Guo Xin".
Hermès CEO Patrick Thomas is the 'counselor', and the chosen one, Axel Dumas, the apparent family heir, is currently still in Hermès jewelry, leather goods, etc. The department 'watches politics'.
No one knows exactly when he will take power.
So, if Xu Liang wants to win over Hermes, he must first get through the auxiliary minister.
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Gudu….
The boiling water rolled down, and the rich aroma of coffee slowly filled the air.
Patrick Dumas placed the coffee in front of the old man.
“What do you think of this email?”
Bertrand Pieche smiled: “It’s not very clear yet.
But I heard that some time ago, Bernard and Mouriez brought many people to visit Golden Caesars and got a lot of Pacific Fund shares from them, as well as 25% of the B shares of the new company after the merger of Sina and Vivendi Networks. stocks.
Obviously, our Golden Caesar has learned the cunningness of the 'old wolf' and hopes to unite more people to resist the devouring of this old wolf, and our Hermes is his chosen ally. ”
Bernard Arnault’s often ruthless acquisition of legendary traditional brands earned him the nickname “The Wolf in Cashmere Sweater”.
After thinking for a moment, Patrick nodded slightly. .
"This is also a good thing for us. Golden Caesar has strong capital and strength. With him joining us, we can feel more relaxed when facing the old wolf. ”
"I think so too.
I just don't know how Golden Caesar plans to conclude an alliance with us?
The equity of Pacific Fund, or will it also absorb us into the shareholder list of Sina Company?"
Bertrand Pieche's words were full of expectation.
Looking at him, Patrick said calmly.
"Benefits can only be exchanged for benefits. If we want the assets in Xu Liang's hands, we can only exchange them with other assets. Otherwise, except for the verbal covenant, we will not get a penny."
< br>Bertrand Pieche was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, he nodded slightly. Golden Caesar is not a softie who can be manipulated by others.
Judging from the news that circulated, Bernard and the five major families, plus the 'testicles' of the Vivendi Group, could not make Xu Liang surrender and did not take the to Hanhua Group’s equity.
But both sides took a step back.
What the six major families couldn't do, it's impossible for the Hermès family to do it.
Mutual benefit is the basis.
If you want to use force to overwhelm others, the only result will be to beat the odds.
“We don’t have any valuable bargaining chips now.” Bertrand Pieche said with a headache.
“You forgot, Hermès is the biggest bargaining chip.”
Looking at the smiling Patrick, Bertrand Pieche quickly understood.
“You mean to sell part of Hermès’ shares to Xu Liang?”
“That’s right. Now the three major families within Hermès are quarreling, and it is difficult to unite and resist Bernard. attack, so we can definitely introduce Golden Caesar as a white knight."
Bertrand Pieche pondered for a moment, "How much equity do you think is appropriate?"
"10~ 15%.”
Bertrand shook his head, "There are too many. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the three major families to agree."
"We can only give half of the voting rights. This can maintain Dumas, Guéran and Pierre The Shi family's control of Hermès can recruit a powerful helper to resist Bernard.
And with this cooperation, the three major families will be able to take the shares of Hanhua's funds in the future. It’s easier.
I believe that with Hanhua’s super high return, they will agree.”
Bertrand Pieche thought for a while, “What if Xu Liang goes over there. Old Wolf...?”
"It is possible.
But what assets can Bernard, a miser, offer to impress Golden Caesar? LV's equity? Is he willing to give it up?
Not to mention that both parties already have The deep contradiction makes it even more difficult to trust each other.
In the end, the shares we gave to Golden Caesar only had half of the voting rights.
Even if he sold these shares to Bernard, the latter would still take them. Less control than Hermès.”
Bertrand Pieche nodded.
“Let’s discuss it with the members of the three major families first.”
Although he is the patriarch of the Pieche family, he cannot represent the will of everyone in the family.
"That's fine."
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"Honey, I'm back."
Christina walked in briskly. She used to like to wear women's suits and high heels, but now she also changed into slightly loose casual clothes and white flat shoes. .
The reason is very simple, just as Xu Liang expected before.
Just when he took in Sophie Adam, his eighteenth-room concubine, he was so excited that he successfully impregnated Christina.
The first trimester is a dangerous period of pregnancy, and it is easy to lose the baby if you are not careful.
So Christina had to give up her favorite professional skirts and high heels that showed off her figure.
"Mom."
The two little guys rushed forward.
But Chris turned a corner halfway.
“Auntie!”
He took small steps and rushed into Sophia's arms behind him.
Holding her daughter, Christina snorted angrily: "Chris, you little bad guy, you don't even have a mother in your eyes now."
She stuck out her little tongue at her mother, The little guy turned his head and buried it in Sophia's left shoulder, and even hugged her neck with his two little hands.
"Mom, me."
Deren didn't express it clearly yet, but Christina obviously knew what her daughter meant.
He said happily.
"Do you like mom?"
"Yeah."
"Hehe, mom likes you too."
Kiss her daughter Nenhua His little face was full of intimacy.
Many Western women have severe body odor and relatively thick hair.
But to catch Xu Liang’s eyes, Christina naturally does not have these shortcomings.
Add in Xu Liang’s strong genes, both Deren and Chris have the advantages of Eastern people, less body hair, and no body odor; and the advantages of Westerners, with more three-dimensional facial features, relatively long legs, and a good figure The proportions are better.
Nature is also more lovable.
After being intimate together for a while, we had dinner.
Putting my son and daughter to sleep.
Xu Liang brought the two girls to the study.
“Have you negotiated with Hongmeng and Sina?”
Christina nodded.
“Sina is valued at US$12 billion, and Vivendi Network is valued at US$8.5 billion. Vivendi Network will be merged into Sina as a whole, and Sina will be the only brand of the new company.
In order to dilute the political impact of the merger, the company's headquarters was moved from Beijing to Shanghai. ”
This condition is what he asked for.
As a portal website, the news attribute must be higher.
In order to avoid being caught and criticized, Modu than Beijing is more suitable as the company's headquarters
(End of this chapter)