Chapter 309 The Lion Opens His Mouth
Hearing what Li Ka Shing said, Charles Foster, who was originally quite confident, was stunned! He had never expected that the other party would think that the acquisition price of 10 billion euros was too low? My goodness, this old fox was not going to ask for too much and take advantage of the situation, right?
It's just that 10 billion euros is the price given by their Mannesmann board of directors after discussion. Although he is a representative who came to negotiate with the other party, he himself does not have much authority.
"Then Mr. Li, how much price do you think would be required to agree to our acquisition?" Charles Foster asked in a low voice, suppressing his anger.
"25 billion euros, the value of Orange. I think both Mannesmann and Vodafone are quite clear about it!"
"Especially Vodafone. Once they take over the operating rights of Orange, they will have three-quarters of the telecom market share in Europe. I don't need to say much about Mannesmann's fate. You can imagine it!"
Upon hearing that the old fox Li Ka Shing was going to raise the price and even raise the acquisition price so much in one go, although Charles Foster was extremely angry, his good negotiation skills still allowed him to maintain a certain degree of rationality and he did not choose to turn hostile on the spot.
"...I will convey Mr. Li's request to the board of directors 'as is'. As for whether they can accept it, I can't guarantee it!" Charles Foster replied expressionlessly.
"Then we will look forward to the 'good news' from Mannesmann. However, recently the staff from Vodafone have also expressed their intention to contact us. If time drags on, I am not sure which company to sell Orange's shares to..."
Hearing that the other party dared to "threaten" Mannesmann in this way, Charles Foster wanted to say a hundred "Fuck you" in front of the other party. This old fox was really too much. He was just taking advantage of them! In order to compete with Vodafone and even to ensure the interests and future of the company, they had no choice but to accept the "high price" of this old guy! ...
After Charles Foster returned to the hotel, he immediately reported the failed negotiations to his boss. As for Li Ka Shing's exorbitant request, he also described it in detail with exaggeration.
"...Foster, are you saying that Li Ka Shing is demanding 25 billion euros to sell his shares in Orange?" Mannesmann President Esser on the other end of the phone confirmed with him in a serious tone.
"That's right. This old guy even threatened us with Vodafone. I even suspect that the competition between us and Vodafone is getting more and more intense. Maybe he is behind the scenes..."
"... Humph, with such a purchase price, not only Mannesmann disagrees, even Vodafone will not agree to it! Do you really think he can get such a big benefit from the competition between our two companies? How naive!"
"Since this guy is not sincere in the discussion, you should come back first and make plans after the board of directors discusses the final result."
"Okay, Boss!" Charles Foster was somewhat happy. If he had a choice, he didn't want to see Li Ka Shing, the greedy Asian, again. Negotiating with such a guy was simply torture for him!
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A few days later on the weekend, as the Goryeo SBS TV station and the Dragon Capital TV station each broadcast the recording of the cross-border fan meeting in their own countries, the audience who watched the program were attracted!
Especially the politicians from Goryeo, after seeing the young singers from Goryeo singing and dancing vigorously at the fan meeting, suppressing the singers from Ryonggok in terms of momentum and stage effects, they were all very satisfied! Even Mr. Daejong from the Blue House highly praised SBS TV and the outstanding young singers in public. They have put into practice the Blue House's concept of boosting Goryeo's entertainment culture. I hope that such variety shows can continue! ...
SBS TV station, inside the president's office.
At this moment, Park Jin-woo was excitedly sharing the good news from Dragon Kingdom's Capital TV station with Zhang Junfeng. "Many companies in Dragon Kingdom want to cooperate with our singers, especially the HOT group and Lee Hyori, who hope to be the spokesperson for their products. They plan to enter our Goryeo market in the future..."
"...Of course, many domestic companies have similar ideas, the first to bear the brunt are the Elephant Group and the Yuetian Group. They also hope that these singers who are well-known in Longguo can help them open up and strengthen the influence of their brands in Longguo!"
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Zhang Junfeng was also very happy when he heard Park Jinwu talk about the good news he had received in the past few days. He had originally been optimistic about these artists who had led the Korean Wave in Dragon Country and even the whole of Asia in their previous lives. Now that he had become one of the behind-the-scenes promoters and the actual beneficiary of the benefits, he naturally hoped that each of them could become the top stars in Goryeo and even Asia, and become his "cash cow"!
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"By the way, today is the casting and actor audition for the upcoming TV series 'Autumn in My Heart' that our TV station is promoting. President Zhang, do you want to go and take a look? If I remember correctly, Kim Tae-hee from SM Entertainment is here today to compete for the female lead~!"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Zhang Junfeng was a little surprised to hear Park Jinwu say this. He originally thought that Kim Tae-hee had already taken care of everything with her father's connections, and the role of the heroine should be easy to get, but from what Park Jinwu said, the situation seemed to have changed? "Is that woman Kim Tae-hee here too? I can go and see~!" Zhang Junfeng smiled and accepted the other party's invitation. Anyway, he has nothing to do now, so he can see which "lucky people" will eventually be created by this TV series in the previous life, which is hailed as the "pioneer of Korean Wave"? If he remembered correctly, the leading actors in the previous life, Song Hye-kyo, Won Bin, Han Chae-young, and Song Seung-seon, became famous overnight with this TV series, and gained a certain degree of popularity in Goryeo and even other regions such as Yonggu in a very short time.
In particular, Song Hye-kyo and Song Seung-seon were subsequently favored by Korea's KBS TV station and starred in other extremely popular TV dramas, completing their legendary journey of counterattacking as younger generations and crushing their predecessors to become top superstars.
What Zhang Junfeng found interesting was that it was said that the reason why Song Hye-kyo had been able to receive many generous TV drama invitations in such a short period of time was that she received strong support from the chaebol not long after her debut! (End of this chapter)