Chapter 382 (1/2)

In a living room below the villa, Janet and Sophia faessy discussed the business adjustment of Chateau lato during this period, and talked about other topics casually. Janet inadvertently raised her wrist to look at her watch. Simon and Raymond Smith's meeting has lasted for one hour and forty minutes, far more than the first hour's appointment.

Sophia also looked at her watch, got up and said, ”it's already noon. It's time for me to go back.”

Janet saw Sophia to the door of the villa, noticed her casual look in the direction of the stairs, and said with a smile, ”there have been a lot of things recently. Simon will fly back to Los Angeles in the afternoon. You may not see him this time.”

Sophia gave Janet a blank look. ”Who said I wanted to see him?”

”Yes, who said that?” Janet grabbed the bug in Sophia's sentence and joked, ”I didn't say you wanted to see him.”

Sophia blushed a little at the moment.

Although Simon warned her not to think about what she shouldn't think that day, her attitude towards the little man had changed unconsciously since she had a close relationship.

At least, that afternoon's joy of fish and water really impressed her.

After putting the children here, I decided to come and see them as long as the weekend was not too busy. However, as soon as I arrived this morning, I heard that Simon happened to be here. After a little bit of rehousing, I couldn't help running over on the pretext of discussing the operation of Chateau lato with Janet.

Before I came here, I couldn't help changing the ol suit that the little man liked very much and putting on makeup carefully.

Then, Simon did not see, but Janet saw the flaw.

In Jeanette's playful eyes, she almost ran away. Sophia drove away from the manor, raised a hand and stroked her hot cheek. Her mind was puzzled by the fact that he left many red marks on her that day.

God, I can't help myself.

When Sophia left, Janet didn't go upstairs. She called four ABCD girls to prepare lunch. Raymond Smith was obviously staying at noon today.

In the villa study.

Raymond Smith has informed his assistant to cancel the European tour temporarily and didn't avoid Simon when he called.

At first, when Simon said that westero had a 4.9% stake in Bell Atlantic and wanted to buy the company, Raymond Smith even thought the young man was joking.

It's almost well known that danilisi entertainment is going to bid for MCA with Panasonic.

After confirming that Simon was not joking, Raymond Smith subconsciously asked if he was going to give up MCA.

The answer made Smith even more surprised.

Simon westero plans to launch two acquisitions worth more than $10 billion at the same time.

Raymond Smith subconsciously regards Simon's offer as a traditional leveraged buyout and almost refuses it. He doesn't want Bell Atlantic to fall into the situation of Reynolds nabesk or Time Warner after its acquisition.

After Simon explained his purchase intention, Raymond Smith gave up the thought of refusing immediately and began to ask for more specific purchase matters.

Because they had made full preparations in advance, driven by Simon's topic, the discussion between them became more and more in-depth unconsciously. The topic involved the change of Bell Atlantic's business strategy after the acquisition, the debt repayment mode, the company's next expansion, the federal government's policy direction for the telecommunications industry, and so on.

When the noon sun fell on the coffee table covered with all kinds of documents between them, Raymond Smith realized that it was close to 12 o'clock.

Simon didn't pay attention to the problem of time, but still said: ”most of the time, listed companies have to give up a lot of long-term planning in order to cope with the short-term earnings that shareholders like. With the privatization of Bell Atlantic, these constraints will disappear, and we can easily place a bigger stake in the future development of mobile communications and Internet business with great potential. As long as we have accumulated enough advantages in advance, Bell Atlantic can expand in a wider range as soon as the federal merger and acquisition control on the telecommunications industry is re opened. ”

Raymond Smith was brought back to the topic by Simon's words, saying: ”Simon, the prospect of mobile communication is still very clear, but how can you confirm that you are not playing the wrong bet on the Internet? You know, according to your opinion, we need to invest $1 billion in the upgrading of basic lines. Once the development of the Internet industry does not meet expectations, the company will have to face not only the loss of funds, but also the problem of life and death. ”

”Ray, I've sorted out a memorandum about various ideas of the Internet industry before. If you are interested, you can take it back to have a look. In my opinion, an industry has never existed. It needs us to develop and create it ourselves. The world's electronic information network has begun to sprout since the 1960s and has been brewing for more than 20 years. It has been widely used in military, commercial, scientific research and government office, which is enough to prove the development potential of the Internet industry. Since the Internet can be applied in so many professional fields, there's no reason why it can't be promoted in the mass field with broader market potential. ”Simon said here, pausing for a moment, and then quickly said: ”Imagine ray, if one day, in addition to the news, forums, personal homepage and e-mail and other applications already provided by igritt portal, people can also get movies, music, games, making friends, shopping and many other online services through the Internet, which you can think of or can't think of now, what's the point What is the development potential of the primary industry

Raymond Smith also browsed and tried the online service provided by igritte portal. After thinking for a moment, he pointed to a pile of information on the coffee table and asked, ”Simon, if you tell me these ideas, aren't you afraid that I will do it without you? I don't have as much control over Bell Atlantic as you think

Simon shook his head and said with a smile, ”that's because you haven't done enough against the will of shareholders. Even if you have a lot of power, a company like Bell Atlantic can't do whatever you want. I believe there must be a lot of executives inside Bell Atlantic who want to replace you. As a listed company, as long as you encounter setbacks in promoting these strategies, even if only for a short time, your so-called ”control” over Bell Atlantic will quickly fade. In contrast, as long as we can reach an agreement on the fundamental development direction of the company, I can tolerate the long-term loss of the management in a certain business even for more than five years. ”

Raymond Smith was silent for a moment.

They have been discussing for more than an hour. Raymond Smith knows that if he doesn't have a heart attack, he won't discuss with Simon for so long, and even cancel his original itinerary.

However, there are both advantages and disadvantages in accepting westero's offer.