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   Chapter 831 Demolition of the east wall to repair the west wall

"I will think about it!"

Bill Asri put down the phone and said that he was a little excited about this deal. Even if Bernard Ebbs was in a bad situation, he was quite generous as an acquirer. This time, it was for Sprint Telecom. The proposed offer, which exceeds more than 100 billion US dollars, promises that it will never be lower than AOL's acquisition of Time Warner.

This means that Sprint's management, especially Bill Asri, can make a big profit by making a big profit. In addition, through this merger, Asri can solve a lot of problems trouble.

   In this world, everyone has their own troubles. Even a person of Bill Asri's status has his own troubles. He will retire in a few years.

This is a very common thing. Even a strongman like Welch can't avoid this problem. After all, he has reached the point of age. The position is not good, although Asri would like to, but others obviously do not want him to do so.

He has been in charge of Sprint for more than ten years, and since he retired, Asri may have taken over Sprint for more than 20 years. It is estimated that only he knows how much he has taken from Sprint for such a long time. , but it is an indisputable fact that Bill Asri and his family have soared rapidly in the past ten years.

To put it simply, Bill Asri and his cronies, Sprint Operations President Ron Lemay and his gang, even the tax money they paid in the past went to Sprint's account, For tax avoidance, you know how many dollars they took from Sprint!

Bill Asri wanted to let his cronie Ron Lemay take over the Sprint Group, but the people on Sprint's board of directors were obviously unwilling. , they want to invite a professional manager from outside to see the venue, and they don't want to let Asri's people come to take over Sprint.

   Now Bill Asri can still use the residual power of years of turning his hands over the clouds and turning his hands into the rain to suppress the people on the board of directors, but he can't guarantee how long he can suppress them.

In case, in the end, Sprint Telecom really introduced someone else to be the president. Will Bill Asri's old accounts be turned out? No one knows. Bill Asri is also afraid of being liquidated. He ended up in federal prison in his later years, and he didn't want to go through that!

Now there is another way, which is in front of Bill Asri, and that is to merge Sprint with WorldCom, so that he can not only make a lot of money, but everything he was in Sprint before will be It disappeared completely, because Sprint has become history...

   It's just that what Bill Ashley is planning isn't what Bernard Ashley wants?

After the merger of WorldCom and Sprint, it can just smooth out the accounts for WorldCom, use Sprint’s cash flow to fill some accounts for WorldCom, and then tinker with it. Pushing it to Sprint, maybe the bad debts of WorldCom will be smoothed out slowly!

Bernard Ebbs, who put down the phone, could not help but let out a sigh of relief. This time he acted arbitrarily and desperately wanted to acquire Sprint. Why not, WorldCom's account of moving the east wall to make up the west wall is about to be fooled. ? !

  When Bernard Ebbs and Bill Asri were both excited about this shocking merger, the negotiation progress of the executives on both sides of WorldCom and Sprint suddenly accelerated.

However, the counterattack from the Telephone and Telegraph Group and other American telecommunications groups also arrived as scheduled. The Telephone and Telegraph Group entangled a group of telecommunications groups, publicly bombarded the merger, mobilized various media, and began to overwhelm WorldCom to monopolize long-distance calls market.

The Federal Securities Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Department of Justice, Capitol Hill and other American agencies that can influence this merger have all received reports from the Telephone and Telegraph Group, and the huge lobbying group in Washington is also a large sum of money from the Telephone and Telegraph Group. With the reward, I began to lobby people from all walks of life to oppose this merger!

   "I don't know what the Federal Department of Justice is doing. When Americans need them, they will never be seen. The taxpayers pay so much for them every year, not for them to go on vacation!

   America's telecommunications market can allow only three, but never allow only two. Bernard Ebbs must attend a hearing on Capitol Hill and explain everything to Capitol Hill and the entire American! "

  Tap, the TV in Bernard Ebbs' office was turned off. He, who was in a meeting with a group of executives just now, received a call from the lawyer of WorldCom's legal department, asking Bernard Ebbs to turn on the TV.

As a result, I saw the scene just now, right at the gate of Capitol Hill. Facing numerous media and reporters, as well as a group of Congressmen on Capitol Hill, Tom DeLay publicly confronted a man holding a microphone with an ICNC TV sign on it. Reporters, mad at WorldCom and Bernard Ebbs!

  Sitch Moore could clearly see that Bernard Ebbs, who was sprayed, was blushing and blushing, especially when he heard that he was asked to attend the hearing on Capitol Hill, his face was extremely ugly.

   "I remember that he was a member of the Elephant Party, a congressman donated by Bruno Song, right?!"

Bernard Ebbs suddenly laughed, facing a group of executives, pretending to be relaxed, "It's Bruno's hand, right? See, they're scared, and they will only use these unprofessional ones. tricks."

   He said so, but Sitch Moore could clearly see that Bernard Ebbs' expression was not good-looking. As for other WorldCom executives, including Bernard's die-hard cron Scott, they were also very serious.

Tom DeLay is the whip of the Elephant Party. As soon as he makes his move, he represents the Elephant Party and is going to make trouble against WorldCom on Capitol Hill. Coupled with the Donkey Party Congressman supported by the Telephone and Telegraph Group, WorldCom is in the Capitol Hill is really tough.

Even a discerning person can see that under the tremendous pressure on Capitol Hill, the Federal Department of Justice did not come forward and began to investigate WorldCom, and even Bernard Ebbs might really be called to Congress Shan went to trial, went to a hearing, like everything Bill Gates went through!

At this time, Scott received a call, and a moment later, he said to Bernard Ebbs with an extremely ugly face, "WorldCom's stock price has fallen by 3%, and Wall Street analysts are all concerned about this acquisition. Remain pessimistic, some Wall Street institutions have downgraded WorldCom's share price..."

"so what!"

   Bernard Ebbs suddenly roared and slammed into the table with force, making a loud noise that shocked everyone in the office.

  's voice was hoarse, his eyes were bloodshot, and Bernard's look as if he was going to choose someone to eat, startled the others.

"No one can stop WorldCom, the Telephone and Telegraph Group, Tom DeLay, the Federal Department of Justice, and Bruno Song. WorldCom must buy Sprint, no matter what method it uses. , what means!

   Go talk to Sprint, make an agreement with Sprint, the rest is not important in the future. ' Bernard exhaled heavily, waving the crowd away.

  In the office, birds and beasts scattered, and after it became quiet again, Bernard Ebbs looked at the ICNC logo on the TV station and felt deep disgust.

The stock price is the lifeblood of WorldCom. Song Yang's move directly slashed three inches of WorldCom. Bernard Ebbs now hates Song Yang to the extreme, and he regrets it a little. America Telecom was shot to death, which left WorldCom with troubles.

But it was too late, WorldCom was in the most critical period, even if Song Yang made Bernard Ebes ruthlessly disgusting, he could not fight back, but Bernard vowed in his heart that he would wait until the world passed this test. , definitely have to settle an old debt with Song Yang and America Telecom!

When WorldCom announced that it was going to acquire Sprint, the stock price did not rise as sharply as the previous few times. Instead, it fell sharply amid objections from the media, Capitol Hill, and the Department of Justice. The **** leek also began to worry about WorldCom.

Of course, there are still quite a few die-hard supporters of WorldCom. WorldCom's largest institutional investor, Behrens, president of the Flagg Telecom Foundation, once again increased its stake in WorldCom and vowed to live and die with WorldCom. words come!

  Behrens made a big bet that WorldCom could continue to win like the previous few times. This time it was a bargain hunter. When WorldCom's stock price rose again, the Flagg Telecom Foundation could make a lot of money.

   Bernard Ebbs, a diehard Wall Street analyst, William Newbery, also waved his pen, and once again published a magnificent analysis report, even comparing Bernard to Napoleon.

   "You can always trust Bernard, just like the French Guards in Napoleon's time, always trust their emperor!"

  William Newberley set an example, not only mobilizing his clients to buy WorldCom stocks, but also his resources and worth, all Stud WorldCom stocks, ready to gamble!

But whether it is William Newbury or Behrens, it is difficult to stop WorldCom's decline. The dollar they took out can only be regarded as a starting point compared to WorldCom's market value of hundreds of billions of dollars. Just splashes.

WorldCom's stock price fell. On the other hand, ICQ, the parent company of America's telecommunications, suddenly rose 8%, and its market value once again hit a record high, reaching a prohibitive $379 billion. The $400 Billion Knife Club seems to be only one step away!

ICQ's stock price rose sharply, thanks to the news from America Telecom that, with the support of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, to enter the mobile phone market business, America Telecom, which has been walking on one leg, has to make up for the last shortcoming. This is expected It can make America Telecom's revenue soar, and it can also make ICQ's future performance reports become quite beautiful!

   "Song, you should put this news before Christmas, so that this Christmas, I may be able to live better!"

   When Immelt, the new head of General Electric, saw Song Yang, he patted Song Yang on the shoulder and said with a big laugh.

   (end of this chapter)