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    Schwarzman is known as "the new leader of Wall Street's new generation." 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 advantage of!"

    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 among the leaders 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, and sometimes people would find out their pulse. It would be a good choice to occasionally change clients.

    ¡°But Xiao Qicai would not tell Swartzman that he actually wanted Blackstone Group¡¯s Freescale.

    ¡°If we discuss it 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 like what 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 in a financial crisis.  It was inevitable to be abandoned by investors, and the entire stock price dropped directly to one-third of the current level. If you buy Freescale at that time, it will not only be one-third of the current price, but half the price.  You can also save billions of dollars!

    These billions of dollars.  If we recruit strong players, purchase equipment, and continue to develop Fairy Laboratory domestically, it will last at least seven or eight years!

    Why waste when you can save, right?

    However, Xiao Qi really has something he wants to buy, and it just so happens that he can entrust a new company to acquire it.

    "Since Mr. Schwarzman said so, let's try to cooperate." After thinking, Xiao Qi raised his head and said.

    Swartzman was refreshed. He was just here to make good friends.  I 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.

    No matter what, this is a big deal for Blackstone Group.  And it's 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.

    "Have Mr. Swartzman 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 by 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 of the entire free Internet phone market.¡±

    "I want to buy it!" Xiao Qi said lightly: "What do you think?"

    Schwartzman frowned.  Started 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: "Then 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 signs of dissipating. If eBay can't survive it for a year, they might be able to agree to the original purchase price of US$2.6 billion. "

    Xiao Qi smiled.

    In my previous life, in September next year, eBay just couldn¡¯t stand it any longer.It turns out that Skype is too far away from their expectations, development is very slow, and costs too much, so they directly sold 65% of the shares to several investment companies for US$2 billion. The estimated value of Skype is US$2.75 billion.  Much 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 much eBay regrets this result!

    Of course, the price of 8.5 billion U.S. dollars is not normal, and Microsoft has no choice. At that time, Facebook, OK, and Google were competing with them. In order to make itself 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 also 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.

    Schwartzman¡¯s suggestion is 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 won't be able to make much money.

    "I hope to see the entire transaction process completed before March 2009. I can accept a price of 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 you earned, as long as you bring me the complete Skype in the end.¡±

    Schwartzman thought for a moment.  He nodded: "I personally agree with your idea, Mr. Xiao, but I have to go back and discuss this matter. We will give you a reply within a week. Do you think that's okay?"

    "No problem." Xiao Qi smiled and said: "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!" Schwarzman smiled slightly, "I wonder if you, Mr. Xiao, can tell me why you think Skype has such great investment value?"

    "how you said that?"

    "It's very simple, a company that allows you to do it yourself. It 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 will not tell him that the fact is that eBay and Skype are not compatible at all, because eBay is an online c2c platform, and Skype is a representative of free online products.  The user groups of the two are simply completely different and cannot produce chemical interactions.

    But if Skype is combined with Internet companies such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and OK.  This will create a good brand extension phenomenon, contribute positively to the expansion of several major companies, and expand more users to join your own brand.

    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, I am also looking forward to the mutual promotion! ¡±

    When Xiao Qi smiled and raised his head, he was also a little confused.

    Schwarzman deserves to be the world's top investor. He even analyzed WeChat and Skype, and he was very accurate. He can be called 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.  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,I will fight hard against him.

    In order not to cause more trouble for himself, his choice was to sell Skype at a high price and leave at a profit.  (To be continued)

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