I looked at my father Jackie Chan in 1988

Founded in 140, Lehman Brothers has a history of nearly [-] years.

As one of the five major investment banks in the beautiful country, its strength is beyond doubt. It not only assisted in the establishment of the New York Cotton Exchange, but also has trading seats on the New York Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange and Tokyo Stock Exchange.

It’s just that such a powerful investment bank, because of the wrong decision-making before, caused the company to run poorly, and was later acquired by American Express.

Today Lehman Brothers belongs to American Express, and it was not until [-] that it became independent again.

As the world's largest travel service and comprehensive financial, financial investment and information processing global company, American Express Company owns American Express Bank and Lehman Brothers Investment Bank, which has merged with Hilson Securities Company. Ability cannot be underestimated.

It is true that Ji Cheng has seen how terrifying and fast the financing ability of Lehman Brothers, which is now backed by American Express, is.

Lehman Brothers is headquartered at NO.19 Liberty Avenue, Manhattan, New York.

Building No.30 on the first floor.

Ji Cheng met Richard Fuld, the company's current senior vice president in charge of lending and operations, who would later serve as chairman after Lehman Brothers spun off from American Express.

Milken has too much influence in the financial market now, and in just two or three sentences, Richard Fuld agreed to take the lead in finding several banks to borrow together.

"Next, I will personally find investment banks such as Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs to raise 41 billion US dollars for you, Mr. Ji." Richard Fuld calculated the time, "It is estimated that it will be transferred to the designated account in three days. As for the interest rate, since Michael has come forward, I will give you the most favorable rate, [-]%, how about it?"

Lowest interest rates on bridge loans!

And it can be done in three days!

Ji Cheng never expected that Michael Milken would come forward and raise funds so easily!

It’s just that he also has some small regrets, that is, if Milken didn’t help him issue junk bonds, it would be impossible for him to get this huge bridge loan for himself, otherwise he would be able to get through the financial difficulties with this bridge loan.

But it's okay to issue junk bonds, anyway, Sony paid the money in the end.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you, Richard." Milken said.

Ji Cheng also said "thank you", and then asked, "Don't you need my assets as a mortgage?"

Richard Fuld laughed loudly, "I will not sign a contract with you, but a bridge loan with Drexel Securities. Of course, I will sign a contract with Drexel after the two of you sign the contract. , and then start raising funds.”

Milken explained, "After you sign the contract with me, the high-interest bonds issued for you in the future will be mortgaged. Once the bonds are issued, the funds obtained from the sale will be used to repay the loan and interest of Lehman Brothers as soon as possible, so you wait I will go back and set up a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huajin Capital as soon as possible, and then sign a contract with me in the name of this subsidiary. The purpose of the funds will be stated in the terms of the contract. Personnel overseeing the movement and use of funds at every step, all the way to the end of the full acquisition of Columbia Pictures."

Ji Cheng nodded slightly, "Okay, let's sign the contract now."

"Then Richard, I'm going back first, you can contact Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and other funding parties."

After finishing speaking, Milken got up and left Lehman Brothers with Ji Cheng.

Ji Chengzhen did not expect that the financial problem, which he thought was a huge problem, would become so easy after Milken made a move.

This is influence!

This is the most powerful and powerful influence in the financial industry at present!

If I can have such a huge influence as Milken one day, it will become very easy to raise funds.

At this moment, a seed of ambition was born in his heart, and he longed for himself to become stronger!

It's just that the seeds of this ambition need strength to irrigate and grow.

Ji Cheng knows that he still has a long way to go, but he believes that by virtue of his ability to travel between time and space, he can definitely do it!

……

For the next period of time, Ji Cheng was very busy, so busy that he had almost no time to talk to Cheng Jianjun and others, let alone accompany them to visit New York.

Of course, Cheng Jianjun, Teacher Shi and others also understand that Ji Cheng's career is the most important thing. Under the leadership of Michael Baker, they have fun every day.

Ji Cheng first spent money to register and set up a subsidiary company in a short period of time, then dispatched Li Kai as the person in charge of the company, and signed a contract with Drexel Securities.

After the signing was completed, under the guidance of the people sent by Drexel Securities, the newly established subsidiary "Hua Ying Films" began to operate.

On the third day, the funds were in place.

On the fourth day, Drexel Securities assisted Joaquin Capital in acquiring the tradable shares of Columbia Pictures in the market.

On the sixth day, Huaying Pictures has acquired 30.00% of the shares of Columbia Pictures.

On the seventh day, the offer announcement was published on major media, and Huaying Pictures issued a comprehensive offer to all shareholders of Columbia Pictures!

Generally, such reminder announcements need to be made at least three times, and this is the first time.

But as soon as the announcement was published, it caused an uproar in the beautiful country!

The Wall Street Journal first published the announcement.

News headline: "Columbia Films Releases Announcement on the Progress of the Tender Offer".

Content: News on July [-]th, Columbia Film Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Columbia Film Co., Ltd. or Company) today issued an announcement on the progress of the tender offer (hereinafter referred to as the announcement).

The announcement stated that the company had disclosed on July [-], [-] the "Announcement of Columbia Film Co., Ltd. on Changes in the Equity Structure of Controlling Shareholders and Changes in Actual Controllers", "Columbia Film Co., Ltd. Indicative Announcement of the Summary of the Report" and "Summary of the Report on the Tender Offer of Columbia Film Co., Ltd."...

Below is a photo of the original Columbia Corporation tender offer progress announcement.

One of the contents is the root cause of the uproar.

This paragraph reads as follows: Huaying Pictures, the indirect holding company of New York Huajin Capital Management Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Huajin Capital"), has passed the acquisition transaction related matters on July [-], [-]. As of this date On the disclosure date of the announcement, Huaying Films has completed the internal review and approval process. Huaying Pictures will continue to actively promote various tasks and disclose the tender offer report in a timely manner in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

Columbia Pictures stated that the tender offer has not yet taken effect, and there are still uncertainties, and said that it will announce the results of voting at the special general meeting of shareholders tonight.

This announcement was not noticed by many people at the beginning, and it was only discussed internally among a small number of people engaged in finance and film industry.

A Chinese financier named "Charles Lee" is a novel lover. He has been reading a novel called "I Had a Factory in Ancient Times" in his spare time recently, but after reading "Wall Street Journal" this morning, He didn't even read the novel, and yelled inside the company: "You have absolutely no idea what news was published in the "Wall Street Journal" today! God! Columbia Pictures is going to be acquired! It will be acquired by Joaquin Capital Yes! That’s right! It’s the Joaquin Capital of Ji Cheng, a financial giant that has been shining brightly in the world’s financial market recently! I heard that the film industry is blown up! Shocked!”

Then, a few more people who saw the Wall Street Journal announcement jumped out.

Normans: "Shet! I really want to buy it!"

Gujs: "Financial giants live up to their reputation!"

Chris King: "That's Columbia Pictures! I almost fainted in the toilet! If I didn't see the announcement in the "Wall Street Journal" with my own eyes, I couldn't believe it! I heard that Ji Cheng is a powerful financial giant. Ke Fak didn't expect it to be so powerful! Can he be more scary? Columbia Pictures also wants to buy it?"

As soon as the news came out, many people in their company thought it was a joke, and some people thought it was spreading rumors.

"Pfft, look at your seriousness."

"Stop joking around."

"Charles, do you read too many novels? You can really sing, go back and read your novels."

"Hehe, Huajin Capital's total assets are at most no more than 20 million US dollars, and Ji Cheng's own liquidity may be more than a billion dollars, but the current market value of Columbia Films is more than 24 billion US dollars. It is definitely impossible for you to buy according to the current value per share. Is it higher than the price per share? If I buy it for $16 per share, it will be almost 40 billion. In addition, I heard that Columbia Pictures still has [-] billion dollars in foreign debts, which means that Ji Cheng must at least Do you think it is possible to acquire Columbia Films with $[-] billion at once? Impossible at all!"

"That's right, why don't you say that Ji Cheng bought Hollywood?"

"It's impossible for a fool to believe such nonsense!"

"Please spread rumors and have a bit of technical content, okay? I heard news that Columbia Pictures wanted to sell the company and was actively contacting buyers, but only Sony was interested, but now you are saying that Joaquin Capital may Want to buy Columbia Pictures? All I can say is that you guys have great imaginations!"

Many people didn't believe it and scoffed.

The few people who read the newspaper announcement were enraged and refuted!

"Why did you lie to you?"

"Why don't you believe the truth?"

"Fuck, why spread rumors about this kind of thing? Read the Wall Street Journal!"

"Yes, I remember that another financial newspaper also published it!"

Immediately, many people went to the "Wall Street Journal" dubiously after hearing it. The headline on the front page of the newspaper was impressively accompanied by a picture that almost took up the entire page. On the picture were Ji Cheng and Columbia Pictures Chairman Victor Kaufman and Coca-Cola Chairman Robert Goinsueta and others took a group photo, surrounded by countless reporters with stunned expressions.

Suddenly, everyone thought it was a rumor, and it exploded in an instant!

"what?"

"what?"

"seriously?"

"My God! My eyes are all right, aren't they? There's an offer in the paper!"

It's not just this financial company that is having a startling scene.

As time went by, more and more people paid attention to it, but many people still couldn't believe it. Although the announcement was published in all major newspapers, they still felt like they were dreaming!

Columbia Pictures is being bought!

Zhennima is about to be acquired by Huajin Capital!

……

Elkeson Company.

Matthew is busy with clients.

"Mr. Matthew! Mr. Matthew!" Jack Zhao ran in excitedly holding a newspaper.

Matthew looked over, "What's the matter? Did something happen?"

Several other senior executives from Elkeson Company who are familiar with Ji Cheng are also discussing things in the office. Seeing Jack Zhao's appearance, they don't know anything, so they looked over and wondered why this Jack Zhao made such a fuss today?Have aliens invaded Earth?

Jack Zhao opened the Wall Street Journal with a stunned expression, pointed to the headline on the front page and said, "Look quickly! Mr. Ji is making a big fuss again!"

"Ah? What's the big deal?"

"Hurry up and show us!"

Everyone leaned over to look at it while asking, this was incredible, and then Matthew almost recited it in one breath, and other company executives also stared round one after another, exclaiming one by one!

"my Lord!"

"Is it really going to be acquired? According to the content of the announcement, there are seven or eight out of ten that Columbia Pictures will be acquired!"

……

Magic City.

Huanyu Trade.

It was already eight or nine o'clock in the night. Liu Zhi and Ji Aiguo held an emergency meeting because a part of the company's shares fell into Mr. Qin's hands. Chu Zhonglin, Ji Qing and others were all there.

"Hehe, just as the boss thought, Mr. Qin really used Huajin Capital to obtain a part of our equity, and then wait for them to fully buy it, and then he can kill this grandson." Liu Zhi said excitedly.

Ji Aiguo also seemed very happy, "Well, big brother is really clever, but I don't know how he is doing in the beautiful country now."

Liu Zhi smacked his lips and said, "I don't know. He hasn't called back for several days, and he said he's going to take us north to Xiongguo. Why is there no movement all of a sudden?"

At this moment, the landline on the desk rang.

Liu Zhi didn't think too much, and picked up the microphone casually and stuck it to his ear. At first, his expression was calm, but the next moment he became astonished, and opened his mouth wide in shock, "What you said is true? Boss, are you kidding me?"

"what?"

"What did Mr. Nan tell you about being so surprised?"

Ji Aiguo and the others couldn't hear what the two of them were talking about on the phone.

After a short while, Liu Zhi hung up the phone, looked at everyone dumbfounded, and suddenly took a deep breath, "You...you must not know how much noise the boss has made in the beautiful country!"

Ji Aiguo asked anxiously: "What's the big deal? You said it!"

Liu Zhi's astonished expression remained on his face, and he said blankly: "Just now Nan Hui told me that Jack Zhao, a relative in Pretty Country, called him and told him that the boss spent $40 billion in Pretty Country to buy a company. , The company is called Columbia Pictures or something!"

Everyone doesn't know the name of Columbia Pictures, but they know the value of 40 billion US dollars!

In an instant, the entire office was silent!

Then, screams and screams resounded through the office one after another!

"what?"

"Fuck!"

"what?"

At this moment, Ji Aiguo, Ji Qing, and Chu Zhonglin, the old friends who followed Ji Cheng to conquer the world at the beginning, felt dizzy. They never expected that Ji Cheng's career in the beautiful country would be so big, and Nima spent 40 billion Dollars to buy a company?

……

New York, Sony headquarters.

Akio Morita just came back yesterday, and specially convened the company's top management to discuss the acquisition of Columbia Pictures again. This matter is related to the future development of Sony, and it is a top priority. He must always pay attention to it.

We sat in the meeting room and chatted.

"Columbia Films has gone too far these days. They actually ask for $21 per share. Why don't they grab it?"

"That's right, the offer is too high."

"Didn't Ji Cheng, the boss of Huajin Capital, say that he is willing to help us acquire Columbia Pictures?"

"Him? The asking price is even more outrageous! Columbia Pictures is going too far by asking us to spend 60 billion dollars to sign a VAM agreement, and they only offered 21 dollars per share. If we are really willing to spend 60 billion dollars, and use him to help Acquisition?"

"Hehe, he really dares to ask for it."

"This Huaxia person really doesn't have any self-knowledge. He dared to ask us for such a high price. Who gave him the confidence?"

"Okay, don't talk about him, let's talk about the acquisition."

"Yes, let's stop talking, let's continue talking about the acquisition of Columbia Pictures."

Akio Morita didn't say much. When he heard his subordinates mention Ji Cheng, he felt ridiculous. Who is asking for 60 billion US dollars?crazy for money?

Suddenly, the door of the meeting room was pushed open, and the president of the company's operation came in from the outside. He had a customer reception just now, but he was late now, but he didn't look very good when he came in, "Guys, this time it's really a big deal Something happened!"

A white female executive in her fifties glanced at him and said, "Joe, what's making you look like you're constipated?"

The operating president didn't even sit down, and put down the newspaper in his hand with a wry smile, "I was still talking to the client, but when I saw the announcement in this newspaper was really shocking, I specifically apologized to the client and came to find it first." You guys, take a look."

The 50-year-old white female executive hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter, and said with a smile: "Then I'll have to see what makes our operating president show such an uncomfortable expression."

As she spoke, she picked up the newspaper and flipped through it casually.

The headlines on the front page caught everyone's eyes!

"Columbia Films Announces the Progress of the Tender Offer"!

White female executives in their 50s were dumbfounded at the time!

Akio Morita and a dozen other high-level officials were also caught in the ring!

Haven't they negotiated with Columbia Pictures yet?Why did you issue a tender offer announcement?

Everyone realized that what the chief operating officer said was true, they all stood up and gathered around the newspaper to read it, and then they all gasped!

I rely on!

Ji Cheng couldn't get the entrustment from them, so he actually ended up going to buy Columbia Pictures himself!

Just now they said that Ji Cheng did not know where his self-confidence came from asking them for 60 billion US dollars, but the next moment, they saw the tender offer announcement from the newspaper, and judging from the content of the announcement, Ji Cheng has a high possibility of completing the acquisition!

Akio Morita's expression suddenly changed. Of course he knew what would happen after Columbia Pictures was acquired by Ji Cheng, and the asking price would definitely be more than the 60 billion initially quoted!

Nima!

Your grandson is too much!

If they can't get the entrustment, they can't get it. Your grandson actually buys it directly?Do you do business like this?

Akio Morita panicked and shouted, "Hurry up and re-quote with Columbia Pictures, $25 per share!"

But it was too late for him to re-quote!

Before the people on Sony's side had time to contact Columbia Pictures, another shocking news came from within Columbia Pictures.

Coca-Cola and the other nine shareholders among the top ten shareholders of Columbia Pictures collectively announced to the outside media that they have accepted the purchase price of [-] dollars per share offered by Huaying Films to Columbia Pictures, and made it clear that not long ago, They signed a share transfer agreement with Huaying Pictures!

As soon as this news came out, the entire beautiful country was shocked!