Chapter 921

Seeing this news, there are still very few people who are as angry as Liu Jizhong. Early the next morning, this news made many people very happy. Our classmate Xiao Feng, his company is not enough to go public in the United States. Acquired a listed company in the United States!

Naturally, various paper media are scrambling to report the news. Even newspapers such as the Financial Daily, which has a steady intention, have become such headlines today, "Chinese company successfully acquired a well-known listed company in the United States for the first time." .

No. 1, Top 10, etc. titles, ordinary people like this one.

Therefore, after reading this news, many people ignored the subject of the acquisition, which was actually a company registered in the United States, and ignored this well-known American listed company with a total market value of several hundred million. As long as you know one thing, we are also awesome, and we can also acquire listed companies in the United States!

The employees of Jiasheng Group, which can be said to be the first to know about this matter, felt like rushing to tell the news at this time, and the news was printed on the electronic screens of all its hotels, convenience stores, and specialty stores.

According to statistics, the enthusiasm of all employees today will increase by at least 10 points, and the collective sense of honor of all employees will also increase by 10 points forever from today.

Of course, not all people are optimistic about this matter. In other words, some experts just hope to rely on their unique views to win the position. At night, on the Internet and in newspapers, some experts are already not optimistic about Jiaqiang. A takeover remark.

To be fair, or what is said is the same as what is not said. Generally, it is such a point of view, "acquisition is easy to integrate, but integration is difficult."

This is actually an objective fact. Most domestic companies started internationalization relatively late. They are not familiar with the foreign business environment and are not used to foreign business operations. Many mergers and acquisitions that looked good ended in failure. What's more, The company Jiaqiang acquired this time seems to have little connection with its main business, and it is even more difficult to integrate it organically.

That's not bad, those who are purely fighting for a position, write directly, "A fast and brilliant company, the beginning of the decline,"

"Compared with Europe and the United States, our domestic companies have always had a short life expectancy. Now it seems that the most well-known private enterprise in China, Jiaqiang, may also be the same. This Jiaqiang, which has created many records, may be better than It rises faster and falls faster,"

"We admit that all the projects that Jiaqiang previously operated in China were very successful. However, an excellent entrepreneur may not be an equally excellent entrepreneur,"

"Perhaps dazzled by the previous victory, the decision-maker of Jiaqiang is also very casual now. It is said that this merger and acquisition was improvised when he was on vacation in Seattle,"

"It's hard for us to guess what the richest man thinks, but many of my colleagues and I have consulted a lot of relevant information, but I still can't figure out how the acquisition of such a company dealing in coins will benefit his main business? "

"We should not be the only ones who disagree. We noticed that when the news of the SEC's approval of the acquisition came out today, the stock price of the acquired company, Coinstar, plummeted. As of press time, it has fallen nearly 10 percent,"

"A full ten points, this should be a very clear response from the market and investors to this merger,"

"We also noticed that the other two companies of GAIN Capital listed on Nasdaq were dragged down by this news, and their stock prices, which had already risen, also tended to enter a downward trend,"

"Internationalization is the only way for many excellent companies in our country in the future, and there have been some unsuccessful examples. Many companies that have developed well in China have ambitiously carried out internationalization. As a result, internationalization has not yet been achieved. If it can be successful, it will implicate the main domestic business. According to the current trend, there will probably be another case added.”

"Combined with the previous reports, we can infer that the one of our four major banks providing financial support for this merger and acquisition, here, I also want to remind the state-owned banks that are also eager to internationalize that we still cannot be deceived by some false names. Confused, such a major decision should pay more attention to various investigation and analysis reports, "

"Otherwise, many seemingly good opportunities are actually more likely to be traps,"

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In Shanghai, Fang Yingzhi held a fax from the administration department, "Mr. Jin, these are the media that want to interview you,"

"Oh, it's quite a lot," Jin Ling took a look and said, "Let's put it away for now, and let the administration department issue an announcement according to the previously drafted content."

"Mr. Jin, have you read some media reports?"

"Not much," Jin Ling shook his head.

"Some of the remarks are too exaggerated, I think we need to refute them, otherwise, those reports will have very bad influence,"

"What bad influence?" Jin Ling smiled easily, "Those three companies are all listed companies in the United States. Those false reports in China and whether we refute them will have no impact on American investors. "

"Besides, don't you know Yiping? He has always believed that actions speak louder than words. Don't worry, there will be good news coming out from the United States soon,"

Seeing the worried expression on Fang Yingzhi's face, Jin Ling shook her head, "You don't think that Yiping decided to buy Coin Star just because of a sudden idea?"

"Ah?" Fang Yingzhi was taken aback for a moment, she really thought so, and when she heard what Jin Ling said, she immediately shook her head, "No,"

Thinking about Feng Yiping's previous style of doing things, he shook his head firmly, "Of course not,"

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Feng Yiping is really busy now, so that he has no time to pay attention to these disturbances from the outside world. The day before the official announcement of the news, he led the team to Seattle. On the morning of the announcement, he was greeted by Murback, Enter Coin Star.

He only paused in front of the office building, thinking that this building and all the tangible and intangible assets inside belong to him, and he is really in a good mood.

"Old Mo, I have read the plan in detail, and it is very well done,"

"This is the result of several revisions." Merbacher seems to be under a lot of pressure recently, a little haggard, and his voice is a little hoarse, but his mental state is quite good. "The last one must be the most convincing. a portion of

"Thank you, Lao Mo, for your hard work,"

"Hi Feng, I'm George from the PR department," a handsome middle-aged man in a suit snatched up from behind Merback, "Do you want me to gather everyone together so that you can give a speech?"

Mike, who came with him, wanted to cover his eyes. This guy is probably the same as himself at the beginning. A small boss from China would like this tune. However, this is his own opinion, and he has also listened to the company. Advice from Asian employees?

"I didn't see the need for this," Feng Yiping glanced at him and looked at his watch, "Old Mo, inform all the chief executives of the company that a meeting will take place in ten minutes."

"Okay," Merbak ordered to his assistant, "I'll take you to your office,"

In less than ten minutes, all the chief executives of Coin Star gathered in the conference room, and no one was so stupid as to want to give the new boss some color at this time.

Although it was not the first time they had contact with Feng Yiping, it was just that it was different from when they met before, and their identities had changed a lot, so they were a little bit nervous.

It is not easy to find such a decent, high-paying job.

"Hi everyone," Feng Yiping, accompanied by Murback, walked into the office with a smile at 9:30.

"Hi Feng," the chiefs took turns to shake hands with him enthusiastically.

"Thank you, everyone, please sit down." Feng Yiping sat down at the end, and forced Merbak to his side. "I, and the few people who came this time are familiar with each other, so I won't introduce them one by one."

"I am very glad to have the opportunity to work with you, and I hope you will continue to support the company and our CEO Merbak in the future,"

"I have noticed the stock price. I have to say sorry to everyone first, but please believe that as long as we implement the following plan, our stock price will rise accordingly, and the stocks you hold will definitely appreciate significantly. "

If calculated based on the current stock price, he paid nearly 500 million for the acquisition, and now it has shrunk by nearly 10%. Adding Yijia and Auto.com, today, his net worth has shrunk by nearly 300 million US dollars.

Of course, such a thing is nothing, and he believes that the stock price will recover soon.

He doesn't worry that someone will take advantage of the low price, and that doesn't matter. Although his ostensible holdings are less than 20%, but with the two institutions he controls, Jiaqiang Investment and Leading Capital's holdings, the Those two companies own more than 50% of their own shares. A while ago, when the stock prices fell due to the acquisition motion, they bought back a lot of shares. Therefore, no one can absorb shares in the secondary market. Take control of the company.

"So, I won't say much. Next, I announce that the coin-for-card program is officially launched. Everyone, come on, I'm waiting for your good news,"

One by one, the executives immediately stood up, like the generals of Deling, and walked out with high spirits, "Feng, I won't accompany you either. I have already made an appointment for a meeting at Starbucks," Merback said.

"Please, Lao Mo," Feng Yiping held his hand and shook it vigorously a few times.

They have analyzed that Starbucks should be the easiest target to reach a cooperation agreement.

"I will definitely come back with the intention of a successful cooperation," Merbak is also very confident.

"Contact me at any time if necessary," said Feng Yiping, as the top person in charge of the company, it is not suitable to rush to the front line now, besides, it is enough equal to discuss cooperation as the CEO of Merbark.

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At the Starbucks headquarters, the person who received Merbucks was still Drucker, the vice president who received Feng Yiping last time, "Welcome Merbucks, Howard is waiting for you,"

Howard, of course, is the founder and helm of Starbucks, Howard Schultz.

Well, this is also a tall, thin man with a very receding hairline, bags under the eyes, and a nose. They are in the same city. This is not the first time he and Merbak have met. "Congratulations, Merbak," he said Step up to greet him and take Merback into the office, "Come today, it's not your new boss who wants to buy us," he said with a smile.

Merback also laughed, "Whether he will do this in the future, I'm really not sure, but if he has such an intention, it's normal, because Starbucks is such an excellent and outstanding company,"

"Hehe, please sit down," Howard laughed, "It seems that this Mr. Feng is indeed outstanding, you agree with him very much, and Drucker also thinks he is a very outstanding young man, I really hope to meet him ,"

"There is a chance," Merbak took out two documents, "This is a plan he proposed, after reading it, you will understand the gap between me and him,"

"Oh," Howard took over, "is it related to us?"

"Good for Starbucks and Coin Star,"

This is not an agreement, but just a plan, which lists in detail the benefits that Starbucks and Coin Star can bring after the cooperation. As for the specific cost, that is a question of the next stage.

Howard read it first, "Is this his opinion?"

"Yes," Murback nodded, "We have been thinking of ways to attract more users to use our services, but we have not been able to find a reasonable way. His plan is perfect,"

"It's a good idea, but how many additional customers can this bring us?" Howard asked.

"The average transaction we conduct every year is more than 15 million times. This is mainly because many users are unwilling to pay the handling fee. If we can reach a coin-for-card plan so that they will no longer pay the handling fee, it is conservatively estimated that every year Of the total 20 million transactions, how many will choose to redeem Starbucks consumer cards, what do you think, Howard?"

This is a plan launched by Feng Yiping in response to the biggest dilemma that Coin Star is currently facing. Many people would rather keep their coins in a box at home than pay the nearly 10% handling fee.

That is, the handling fee can be completely reduced. The premise is that you exchange the coins into shopping cards or shopping vouchers of the cooperative merchants on the coin exchange machine, and then the merchants return the commission to Coinstar in proportion—this is the coin-for-card plan. .

This method was very common later, but now, Feng Yiping is the first.

"I think it's good," said Drucker, who had just read the proposal. "If such an option is introduced, at least I won't have a lot of coins in my house in the future," said Drucker.

"Howard, Drucker, just to be on the safe side, if Starbucks agrees, I would like to launch this service first in three places, Seattle, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. We can agree on a quarterly pilot period, discover and Solve the problems that may exist in the implementation, and at the same time, you can also see the effect very intuitively, "

"I think this kind of investment should be more effective than advertising on other media, what do you think?"

"At the same time, I think that cooperating with a company with a large number of home users like NEXTDOOR will benefit Starbucks' future development,"

"You should also know that Feng is also very influential in China. They have many convenience stores and hotels, and they also have the opportunity to cooperate with Starbucks..."

Merback was still explaining his reasons one by one, but Howard had already stretched out his hand, "Then let's try!"

There is really nothing to hesitate about this.

Howard is well aware of the hearts of consumers, and the service of exchanging troublesome coins for equivalent Starbucks coupons for free will definitely be very attractive.

"I won't let you down," Merbach excitedly held his hand, and it really went smoother than expected.

Today is really a day for Coin Star to be reborn, he thought to himself.

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Feng Yiping, who pretended to look at the scenery in the new office, was actually a little nervous and looking forward to it, and soon received the call he wanted, "Feng, the first battle has been won!"

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