Chapter 739 (1/2)
After long Fei became the focus of the crowd, in addition to Campbell and Lisa's complicated mood, there was another person who also planned to open a small 99.
This is Colin Powell, President of Clarins group. Although the performance of Clarins group is declining and has long lost its glory, Powell is also a person with social status in the United States, so he was invited to the dinner party today.
When Powell saw that Longfei and the Kreis were so familiar, he could not help regretting that he did not agree to Longfei's acquisition. Long Fei has raised the purchase price to $2 billion, which is four times the current market value of Clarins, and the board members have agreed to the price.
It's just that Powell saw that long Fei and Lin Su Su had come from the mainland for thousands of miles. In the United States, they are rootless Ping, so he wanted to stretch Long Fei and Lin Su Su to make them pay a higher price. But when he saw the relationship between Longfei and the Kreis family, he felt that his wishful thinking might be lost.
Chris's father is old brown, the president of Citigroup. He has great energy in the United States. With Brown's help, if he does not agree to Longfei's acquisition, Longfei can easily acquire other cosmetics companies! With the quality of Lin's cosmetics, I'm afraid we will soon be able to suppress other brands of cosmetics! At that time, I'm afraid that the already precarious Clarins can't even keep the current market share, and the company's market value will continue to shrink. At that time, there may be no one to take over even $500 million!
If that really happens, a group of directors on the board of directors can peel off their skin and tear him apart!
”No, I have to find a chance to have a good talk with Longfei. Well, it's better to reach a verbal agreement with him tonight, and then sign a formal agreement tomorrow. ” Powell thought.
Powell's mind was full of wishful thinking. The dinner went on as usual. After Chris's mother introduced Long Fei, everyone gave gifts. Chris blew the candles and everyone shared the cake. Then the dinner officially began.
This kind of party is actually a social party. Birthday is just a beginning. People are holding glasses, looking for people they want or need to make friends with, and talking to each other. Waiters with tray carrying all kinds of wine, constantly shuttle through the crowd, to the people who need to add wine.
Powell was the first one to come to Longfei with his glass in his hand. He said warmly: ”Hi, Mr. long, nice to meet you here! It's true that we don't meet in life. ”
Long Fei was surprised to see Powell. He wanted to ask brown to help him with the acquisition of Clarins. Unexpectedly, Powell also came. Looking at the guy's expression, he seemed very happy to have a good talk with him. So long Fei also said to Powell with a smile: ”Hi, Mr. Powell, nice to see you again. It's a beautiful night tonight. We need to have a drink for it. ”
”Oh, that's great. I like the night, too. Cheers!”
The two raised their glasses, touched them, and then took a sip. When foreigners say cheers, they are more likely to mean clinking glasses, not really cheering, which is quite different from China's cheers. What China pays attention to is deep feeling and dull mouth.
After the two talked about the weather, Powell shook the wine in his glass and said, ”Mr. long, I think we can talk about our business again...”
Powell just wanted to talk about the acquisition with Longfei again, but a guy came to drink with Longfei holding a glass. Powell had to stop his words and wait for Longfei to socialize with each other, but in his heart he kept cursing the guy who came to interrupt his drinking with Longfei.
What depressed him was that after this man left, there were many people who came to drink with Longfei one after another. Among these people, they even planned to cooperate with Longfei to create a Lin's cosmetics branch in the United States!
Powell listened to the dialogue between Longfei and these guys. He was frightened. If Longfei chose to cooperate with others, he would be forced! It's a pity that it's a public dinner, not a single moment for Powell and Longfei. Although Powell hates to drive these guys away from Longfei one by one, he can only think about it in his heart.
Powell waited for a long time before this wave of people left Longfei, so he immediately came to Longfei and said, ”Mr. long, I think we can talk about the transaction between us again.”
When Long Fei drinks and socializes with others, his eyes are also paying attention to Powell. He can't help laughing at Powell's calm appearance, but in fact he is impatient. He said slowly, ”Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Powell, you've turned us down. I don't think we have any business to talk about. Let's talk about the weather. You see, today's moon is big and round, but it's not as round as the moon in China! ”
”Talk about your big head's weather! What's the relationship between the Chinese moon and the American moon? ” ”Oh, no, no, I don't think our business is over,” Powell said. We really should talk about it again, Mr. long
”Mr. Powell, as you have just seen, there are a lot of people willing to cooperate with our long group, so I'm not going to buy Clarins.” Long Fei said.”Long, I think you should buy Clarins. Clarins is a powerful cosmetics group. We have production lines and skilled workers. Acquisition of Clarins can make you the least investment, and the fastest rebate! Four billion, four billion dollars. How about that? ” Powell said.
”1.5 billion!” Long Fei said with a smile and a sip of red wine. The wine is Lafite from 1982. It's really delicious.
Powell almost jumped up and said excitedly, ”no way! It's impossible. Our market value has reached three billion! It is absolutely impossible for the directors to sell the group for $1.5 billion! ”
”Mr. Powell, I think we should be honest. The market value you said is 3 billion, which is the market value two years ago. We've done a survey, and the market value of Clarins has shrunk to only $500 million! ” Long Fei said with a smile.