Back To 1995

  Jr. Edgar Bronfman looked at the financial statements in his hand. These statements were all internal data, and there were no bells and whistles in the performance statements announced to the outside world.

   "You mean, ICQ's main Internet business fell by 18% in the second quarter?!"

  Little Edgar blushed, suppressing the dizziness caused by the surging blood, gritted his teeth, and asked Bren Dyche word by word.

  Bren Dyche was very worried at this time. As a veteran in the financial industry, he had seen all kinds of outrageous operations and all kinds of unlucky things.

Looking at little Edgar at this moment, Bren Dyche felt a little anxious. Regardless of the past, in a large company, the financial staff were the ones with the best benefits, but when it came time to take the blame, they were often He was the first cannon fodder to be raised, acting as a scapegoat for the board of directors!

   "Not only that, the current statistical data are only the data of America, North America, and Western Europe. The revenues of Northern Europe, Asia and other places have not been counted. According to the usual practice, the revenues of these regions have not been ideal!"

Listening to what Bren Deitch said, Edgar Bronfman Jr. squeezed the report in his hand and muttered to himself, but Bren Deitch couldn't hear clearly, and then he saw little Edgar furiously holding the report in his hand. All the reports were scattered on the ground, "Irene Doherty, Marcus, Greg, and Bruno Song must have done it!

  I want to sue them to the Federal Department of Justice and the Federal Prosecutor's Office. They are a group of thieves, liars, and robbers. Damn it, I know it, and I can't trust them! "

  The office that had just been replaced with new office equipment was pushed to the ground by Edgar Bronfman Jr.

Little Edgar Bronfman was extremely angry, and kept cursing Song Yang, Irene and others, but his eyes showed panic and fear. He merged the entire Bronfman Group into ICQ. If the ICQ stock price The collapse means that the wealth accumulated by the Bronfman family for decades will be wiped out in a flash!

   Seeing little Edgar in a panic, Bren Dyche couldn't help but sigh. Now he really suspects that the old Bronfman may have picked the wrong heir.

Doing big things but sacrificing one's life, seeing small profits but sacrificing one's life, now it's just a problem with ICQ's revenue, and it's far from the thunderstorm, let little Edgar show this look, Bren Deitch I really don't know how little Edgar will face the avalanche of ICQ with a market value of US$400 billion!

"Bruno Song, Irene Doherty and the others may have estimated ICQ's revenue and performance, but they did not touch ICQ's finances, including related transactions with ICQ. Irene Doherty resigned Before, it has all been resolved!"

Bren Dyche said helplessly to little Edgar, hearing that ICQ's performance problems had nothing to do with Song Yang, little Edgar froze for a moment, and sat down on a chair, which was worse than when he heard ICQ's performance problems. problem, but also to be hit.

  If it was Song Yang's actions, he could still blame Song Yang, but if it was ICQ who had a problem, little Edgar couldn't imagine it.

"so what?!"

   Edgar Bronfman Jr. asked hoarsely, "Is ICQ a mess?!"

Little Edgar thought of Song Yang's smile when he was at the airport, but he felt extraordinarily glaring. His character was a bit arrogant, and the city was not as deep as those old foxes, but he was not stupid. Seeing ICQ's performance, think again Song Yang kept selling shares, and Irene and Greg ran away ahead of time. He didn't know that he might be the one to blame.

   "ICQ is only a problem with the main Internet business, and the rest of the telecommunications, TV network, and TV station media businesses have not been affected. If we can use revised performance to "make up" part of ICQ Internet's performance, maybe we can reduce some losses!"

   Bren Deitch gritted his teeth and said, to put it bluntly, what he wants to do is the same as what AOL Time Warner did.

This will definitely not fill all the holes, but it can make the holes smaller. ICQ stock price will definitely fall, but it will not collapse. If you keep the green hills, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood. Only by keeping ICQ first, the stock price will matter later. Opportunities are raised, otherwise, there will be no future at all...

  Hearing this, Edgar Bronfman Jr. suddenly came to his senses. In the current market, he doesn’t know the real situation of ICQ at all, and there is still a chance to make up for it.

  "Yes, we're going to have a meeting right away. I'm going to call Immelt and revise ICQ's performance. ICQ will never collapse. I won't be the one who ruined ICQ's empire!"

  Hearing that little Edgar was still "obsessed with obsession", Bren Dyche said with some headaches, "Little Edgar, I think I should report everything about ICQ to old Mr. Bronfman!

  The Bronfman family should find an opportunity to quit ICQ, little Edgar, you should immediately resign as ICQ president! "

  Bren Deitch said with grief that his idea was to let ICQ keep its stock price temporarily so that it would not collapse, and then let the Bronfman family take the opportunity to throw away their ICQ stock and run away. As for saving ICQ?

Is it because I watched too many superhero movies before I felt that I could save ICQ? This is a giant company with a market value of 400 billion US dollars. Once it falls, it will be like an avalanche. As a constituent stock of the Nasdaq index ICQ, it is estimated that the entire Nasdaq can be brought into the ditch.

Now the competition is about who runs faster, not about saving ICQ or something. If ICQ’s market value is not so high, its plate is not so big, and its bragging is not so outrageous, then Bren Deitch feels that ICQ can advance and retreat together , But the current ICQ, based on Bren Deitch's common sense for so many years, no matter how you look at it, it is not worth 400 billion, and now it is advancing and retreating with ICQ, so you are sure it is not buried with it? !

  Hearing that he was going to give up ICQ, little Edgar couldn't help being furious, "Impossible, before ICQ collapses, there must be a chance!"

Abandoning ICQ means that Edgar Bronfman Jr. admits that he is the prodigal son of the Bronfman family. doorman.

When he was in charge of the Bronfman Group before, the media scolded him overwhelmingly, "the most stupid person in the media industry". Most of the property of the Fuman family.

   Little Edgar Bronfman couldn't imagine how the Bronfman family would look at him and how the media would mock him when he ran away. He couldn't accept all of this!

   "Deitch, now I am the head of the Bronfman family, and I know what to do, which is in the best interest of the Bronfman family!"

   Little Edgar sternly said to Bren Dyche, "The news about ICQ's new quarter revenue is not allowed to spread without my permission!"

Bren Dyche stood there a little at a loss, watched little Edgar call Immelt, opened his mouth, finally sighed silently, and slowly exited the office, he did what he should Everything he has done has been diligent and diligent for the Bronfman family these years, and he is worthy of the old Bronfman's kindness. Even if he is of the same ethnicity as the Bronfman family, he feels that it is time to consider his retreat .

  Immelt flew from General Electric headquarters to San Jose that day, and then held a senior management meeting with Edgar Bronfman Jr., but several major directors were not among the invited ones.

During this meeting, the security personnel brought by Immelt were even guarded outside the meeting room, and no one was allowed to approach. The content of the meeting was unknown, but there were rumors that there was a fierce dispute inside, and the entire ICQ headquarters also appeared. A tense atmosphere.

At night, in the Bruno Family Club Manor, a barbecue grill was constantly turning. Andy Lake, the president of IC TV Group, who had been hungry all day, ate most of the plate of barbecue, and then said to Song Yang, "Yi Mei Walter and Little Edgar both want to keep ICQ's share price!"

  Like Andy Lake, also here, and American Telecom President Iger, he also ate a few bites of barbecue, "Immelt wants to use the performance of American Telecom to make up for the loss of ICQ!"

  Song Yang nodded lightly, and pushed two plates of barbecue in front of the two of them. There was nothing unexpected about the news from Andy Lake and Eiger.

  Compared to little Edgar, Immelt is the one who really cannot retreat, and there is no way to retreat at all!