The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

"We lost, we lost terribly!"

In a meeting room in the Kremlin in Moscow, at a debriefing session on the strategy for the Safar Empire, Petrovich spoke with a pained expression.

"Although the Safar Empire is very important to us, we never realized from the beginning that it was all an enemy conspiracy."

There's a Chinese saying, "Lure the enemy deep into your territory," and we were led by the nose, step by step, into an abyss.

"Looking at the statistics now, we've invested tens or even hundreds of billions of rubles over the past decade. When I first saw this sunk cost, it was terrifying."

Inside the meeting room, Gorbachev sat in the center, silent and expressionless, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Ovchinnikov, Mevlüt, Cleopatra, Lermontov, and others also had slightly somber expressions, their minds seemingly preoccupied with something.

Last month, Mevlüt accompanied Gorbachev to the capital to promote the S27 fighter jet to Lü Yangui and his team.

Although Lu Yangui and his group clearly wanted the S27 fighter jet, they acted very strangely, as if they already possessed it.

The offer he made prompted Mevlüt to immediately launch into a tirade of profanities.

It's normal to lose your temper, and it's understandable that you couldn't resist.

Because Lü Yangui directly quoted a price of nine million US dollars per unit.

Goodness, Mevlütt asked for over forty million dollars. Lu Yangui could pay the difference after the deal was finalized, but that's still outrageous. He just offered nine million dollars.

There was no point in continuing negotiations, because Lü Yangui and his group had no sincerity whatsoever.

At this moment, Mevlüt sat in the conference room, listening to Petrovich's summary, feeling extremely anxious.

The current situation is that they are very short of money.

Over the past decade or so, the enemy meticulously planned and laid the groundwork, causing them to invest a great deal of manpower, resources, and funds into the Safar Empire, resulting in very high sunk costs.

At this point, Gorbachev wanted to cut costs and increase revenue, so he immediately terminated his plans in the Safar Empire.

If the entire Moscow market cannot be revitalized, then we'll all perish together.

Mevlüt and the others, their faces full of worry, were racking their brains, hoping to find a brilliant solution to their current predicament.

It's a pity that they were just ordinary people, not divine doctors, and they didn't have any magic pills.

Therefore, trying to save a terminally ill patient is like trying to climb to heaven.

Like them, Wang Duoyu also felt that verifying Hodge's conjecture was as difficult as the treacherous Shu Road, which was too exhausting.

It's only because he still has that youthful spirit; otherwise, he would have given up long ago and wouldn't be clinging to the Hodge conjecture anymore.

"Xiaoli, I'm thinking of going to the ALD district next week to relax. Do you want to come with me?"

On June 8th, Wang Duoyu was completely at a loss, racking his brains but unable to come up with any good solutions.

So I decided to go out for a walk to clear my head.

Even though Harbin Institute of Technology is holding a lecture next month, he still wants to go out.

In June, Guangzhou is too hot, so Shangri-La isn't a good option. Jiuzhaigou could be an alternative, but there's no direct airport access to that place.

Wang Duoyu didn't really want to go to Shanghai or other cities during this summer season.

Going out for a walk requires timing; places that are too hot are definitely not suitable.

"Shall we not go? Go and clear your head by yourself."

Liu Xiaoli hesitated; she still felt a little uneasy about the ALD district.

Just last month, I heard that a student from Harbin Institute of Technology had an accident.

He died from altitude sickness.

In the ALD region, where the average altitude is over 4,000 meters, you have to follow many rules when you come here.

Lack of oxygen, altitude sickness, not being able to drink water from outside, not being able to urinate in the wild, etc.

Behind every seemingly bizarre rule lies a bizarre story.

Although the scenery in the ALD area is indeed beautiful, Liu Xiaoli still believes it's better to keep a respectful distance.

"no problem."

Wang Duoyu nodded in agreement.

But soon, after Wang Junhong and the other children learned about this, they all expressed their desire to go.

Even the four sisters, Li Rongrong and Lu Yuening, were there to offer their support.

The last time I went to the ALD area was the last time.

They all wanted to see the foals, wild yaks, the chubby, fighting animals, and also the snow-capped mountains and grasslands.

Liu Xiaoli immediately frowned and scolded:

"What are you all doing there? Stay home, you're not allowed to go anywhere!"

"Boss, you still have to go to school, and you have to participate in pilot training on weekends. Plus, final exams are coming up soon. You need to start studying now."

"Second brother, you're going to start school in September, why are you still running around everywhere? You're so playful. Look at your handwriting! It's awful. Even your grandpa says it's bad. You need to practice more, understand?"

"Third brother, you're too young. I'll allow you to go to the amusement park for two days tomorrow, but you must promise me you won't mention this again, understand?"

As for Wang Yifei?

She's not even two years old yet, so she has no right to speak, and Liu Xiaoli is too lazy to say anything to her.

what?
Wang Junhong, Li Rongrong, Lu Yuening and the other children were all dumbfounded. It seemed to make a lot of sense, but why could they go to Beijing to play before, but now they can't go to the ALD district?
Before the little ones could say anything, several cars pulled up at the door.

It turned out that Wang Meili and the others had returned.

"Brother, sister-in-law, did you come here specifically to welcome us?"

After getting off the bus, Wang Meili, Wang Meihe, Lu Qingsong and the others were quite happy, but the happiest were Li Rongrong and her three sisters.

"Why did you suddenly come back?" Wang Duoyu asked, frowning.

Why did you suddenly come back if nothing's wrong?

But it's good that they're back. I can talk to them about the deployment and closing of the net in Japan.

At the dinner table that evening, Wang Meili was chattering away:

"Sister-in-law, you don't know, something really funny happened when we went through customs last time."

"An uncle wanted to visit his son in London, so he brought a lot of local specialties and a lot of dark, black Chinese medicine—basically, medicines with unknown ingredients."

"When customs asked him what he was going to London for, he didn't really know, which almost drove customs crazy."

"After asking several questions, my uncle suddenly started gesturing wildly and said he wanted to visit his son. Sister-in-law, let me show you how to do that!"

"My uncle said this at the time: 'I need to see my son; he's in the ICU.'"

Although the customs officer didn't quite understand, he understood what ICU meant.

In addition to the Chinese medicines of unknown composition that my uncle brought, as well as a large amount of pickled vegetables, there were a lot of bottles and jars, filling two large suitcases.

So the customs officer took pity on the old man and allowed him to take all these things to London.

After passing through security and before queuing to board the plane, Wang Meili and her companions suddenly realized that the old man's son was not in the ICU, but studying at the University of London.

However, the uncle remembered that his son had told him about UCL, but he misremembered it as ICU.

That's why my uncle accidentally got through security.

When Wang Meili and her friends found out about this, they almost died laughing, but they didn't go to the customs office to say anything.

I found this very interesting, so as soon as I got back, I shared it with Liu Xiaoli and the others.

When traveling abroad, you often encounter many strange and bizarre things.

Wang Duoyu smiled at the table; such things were indeed quite common.

After dinner, Wang Duoyu called the two sisters and Lu Qingsong to the study for a small meeting.

"The situation in Japan is no longer optimistic. Based on my previous plan, we will begin selling off our Japanese assets starting this month."

As soon as he sat down in the study, Wang Duoyu spoke with a solemn expression.

"Ninth Brother, isn't it a bit too early to start selling this month?"

The eleventh prince immediately asked.

Wang Meili also frowned and said:
"Yeah, bro, if I remember correctly, you said before that the Nikkei index would rise to 38944, but it's far from that level yet."

Japan's economy is still developing at a very rapid pace.

There is still a large amount of international speculative capital flowing into the Japanese market every day in staggering figures.

Wang Meili and her sister were very clear about this.

After all, they spend more time in Tokyo, so they naturally know better.

On the other hand, prices in Japan are indeed still rising, and there is a significant difference between prices in May and June.

why?
Because Japanese currency is not very valuable, and the face value is very large.

As long as prices fluctuate, even a slight fluctuation can mean a difference of a few dollars, or even ten or twenty dollars.

This kind of price increase is extremely devastating for most people.

Wang Meili and her sister often listened to their ninth brother and paid close attention to this kind of thing.

Therefore, they will have a better understanding of these price changes.

With such rapid economic growth, and based on Wang Duoyu's previous prediction that this growth rate would continue into next year.

So the two sisters couldn't understand why they would start selling off their Japanese assets this month.

"It's getting late!"

Wang Duoyu shook his head and said:

"First, we have too many assets in Japan. Even excluding the appreciation, our investments over the years have exceeded $50 billion."

An investment of 50 billion US dollars sounds a bit exaggerated.

But this is the fact.

why?
Take Yuma Clothing as an example; almost all of those shops back then were purchased.

Pandora and other stores and shops were all purchased, not rented.

This happened several years ago.

In addition, he also invested in and founded several real estate sales companies.

There are many other examples of this model, such as the acquisition of the Tokyo Suijin Group.

The investment of over $20 billion was all funded by loans, not by the company's own capital.

This point was already stated in the loan agreement that was signed at the time.

"If we include the increased value, our assets have already exceeded 100 billion US dollars. With so many assets, it's impossible for us to wait until the end of the year to sell them off."

"Now is the best time to start selling."

"second!"

Wang Duoyu held up two fingers and continued:

"You guys have probably been following the Paramount stock incident lately, right?"

The two sisters and Lu Qingsong nodded repeatedly; of course they knew.

Zheng Baoyin and Wang Jianchao have earned a lot of pocket money again, but they won't let the two girls play with them. It's really annoying.

Paramount stock has fluctuated between a market capitalization of $4 billion and $9 billion over the past few months.

It only reached a market capitalization of $11 billion once.

Even so, what is the connection between Paramount's stock price volatility and their premature sale of Japanese assets?

"Wall Street has many famous financial giants, such as Bridgewater Associates, Quantum Fund, Magellan Fund, etc."

Seeing that Lu Qingsong and the others hadn't thought of anything deeper, Wang Duoyu shook his head and said:

"George Soros of the Quantum Fund has his own investment theory: when an economy climbs to a certain level, it will always decline."

"This is closely related to the boom-bust cycle of capitalist economies."

"In our own words, it was a case of reaching the peak and then declining."

"Wall Street giants may have noticed this earlier than we have, and they may have sold off earlier."

"So we can't gamble, because we have over $100 billion in assets in Japan, which is a very large sum of money."

"It will take time if we want to get all these funds out safely."

"Six months in advance, in my opinion, is a bit too much."

"But judging from the current state of the Japanese economy, it will not collapse before the beginning of next year."

"The Paramount stock incident perfectly illustrates the greed of Wall Street's financial giants. We can't afford to be targeted by them, so we need to withdraw in time, not try to make the last penny, and not be too greedy."

"third!"

Lu Qingsong, Wang Meili, and Wang Meihe were all completely dumbfounded.

I never expected there would be such a deep point here.

However, Wall Street giants may indeed be eyeing their related assets in Japan.

After all, it's assets worth hundreds of billions of dollars; who wouldn't want that?
Thirdly, Wang Duoyu addressed the issues of fund security and confidentiality.

They've invested so much money in Japan, so naturally it will take time to safely withdraw those funds.

And it is also necessary to ensure that these funds are not traced by others.

Therefore, more time is needed for preparation.

The above three reasons are enough to convince Wang Meili and the other two.

Of course, even if Wang Duoyu didn't explain these things, they would definitely still carry them out.

However, after the explanation, they will understand more easily and realize the urgency of evacuating now.

After discussing this matter, Wang Duoyu listened to Lu Qingsong and his two younger sisters report on the relevant situations of those companies abroad.

In addition, they left behind a large number of reports.

All of these reports are originals; the ones at the company are just backups.

Wang Duoyu controls his companies by reviewing these reports.

Even if he could completely trust his subordinates like Lee Efra.

But he never tests human nature.

Simply because human nature cannot withstand the slightest test.

Faced with enormous profits, no one can withstand the temptation.

If someone tells a person who only earns 5,000 a month that he can get 500,000, 1 million, or even 2 million by giving up his current angelic girlfriend, what will happen?

So, at the beginning, he might have been very confident.

But as time goes by, we will start to reflect.

If he earns 5,000 RMB per month, how long would it take him to accumulate 2 million?

It will take four hundred months, or about thirty-three years.

If a person starts working after graduating from university at the age of 23, then by the time he saves two million without eating or drinking, he will be 56 years old, not far from retirement.

Perhaps it's the youthful impetuosity of young people that prevents them from thinking so far ahead.

But the visual impact of having two million in cash right in front of you is absolutely extraordinary.

Given enough time, this person will definitely choose to abandon his girlfriend for two million.

Most people would make this choice, and perhaps only a very few, maybe one in ten thousand or one in a million, would choose to continue and not give up.

Even those who don't give up may regret it for the rest of their lives.

After all, he wouldn't give up, but what about his angelic girlfriend?

This is human nature!
Having lived two lives, Wang Duoyu naturally understood this point even better, so he would never do anything foolish that would test human nature.

Two days later, Wang Duoyu set off for the ALD district.

Li Rongrong and the others went along as well, while Wang Meili, Wang Meihe, and Lu Qingsong set off for Tokyo, Japan, to carry out their Ninth Brother's orders.

Keep a close watch on those Japanese assets.

The immediate action is to sell off assets and systematically and safely transfer funds out of Japan.

Japan is about to enter a new economic cycle.

Perhaps Wang Meili and her group were still thinking that one day the Japanese economy would recover, and then they would come back to fight back.

No, the Japanese economy will continue to decline for the next thirty years, with economic growth almost stagnating.

The future of Japan will be very bad.

Wang Duoyu will gradually plan out the specific arrangements later.

For him now, the most important thing is the Hodge conjecture.

Besides that, there's the Mach 5 fighter jet project, and the Nantianmen project, which isn't very important but requires his occasional attention and encouragement.

The situation in the capital is somewhat complicated.

The progress of the Nantianmen Project is somewhat slow.

When Wang Duoyu tried to urge them, he only received a perfunctory response.

Therefore, at present, the Nantianmen project is not important because it is impossible to move forward quickly.

In the ALD area, in early to mid-June, after Wang Duoyu and his group arrived, they spent two days adapting to life on the plateau.

The scenery is indeed very beautiful, there is no doubt about that.

As Wang Duoyu accompanied the children on horseback rides and watched the chubby kids fight, his mood gradually improved.

It wasn't until June 13th that he locked himself in his office and began to work seriously.

With the airport's ALD (Airport Area Development) camp completed, development has accelerated rapidly; while "changing with each passing day" might not be the most accurate description, it's not far off. Of course, this is an experimental base, so it can't be like many high-tech economic development zones in cities, where numerous companies are established.

At the ALD camp, the most common buildings are various laboratories, power plants, and the telescope building that is still under construction.

After Wang Duoyu locked himself up, no more information from the outside world came into view.

Each time he went into seclusion, he naturally would no longer have any contact with the outside world.

Meanwhile, many things were happening internationally.

Everything has a traceable pattern.

But we can never go back to the way things were.

For example, Lermontov and his ilk are now filled with regret in Moscow.

But what can be done now that things have come to this?

Less than a month later, Mevlüt had to contact Lü Yangui again.

Because he had been attending meetings at the Kremlin for some time, and almost every day the topic of discussion was: how to make money?

And it requires a large amount of capital.

Otherwise, there would be no way to fill the huge hole.

What Gorbachev wants to do requires a lot of funding, and he has no choice but to do it.

Mevlüt, Lermontov, Petrovich, and others all supported Gorbachev's work, so they all had to find ways to raise money.

Of course, as a Moscow nobleman, Mevlüt also needed to actively raise money.

Selling S27 fighter jets has become one of the fastest ways to make money.

When Lü Yangui, who was far away in Beijing, received the call from Mevlut, he was quite surprised.

So proactive?

It seems Wang Duoyu was right; a lot has indeed happened in Europe.

Otherwise, given Mevlut's proud nature, how could he possibly be so humble as to take the initiative to contact him?

Therefore, Lü Yangui indicated that negotiations were possible, but the price had to be nine million US dollars per S27 fighter jet.

"impossible!"

Mevlütt flatly refused:

"The cost of producing one S27 fighter jet is more than nine million US dollars. How could we possibly sell it to you at this price?"

"If you still have the sincerity to buy fighter jets, then don't offer such an insulting price."

Lü Yangui immediately suggested, "Why don't you come to the capital and have a proper talk?"

“That works too!” Mevlüt pondered for a moment and said:
"How about this: you send your pilots to our side, and they can test-fly our S27 fighter jets. After your test flights are over, we can discuss the price. What do you say?"

Lü Yangui said there was no problem with this.

Go and test their S27 fighter jets to see what they're like; you need to know your enemy and yourself.

Of course, if the S27 fighter jet can be purchased for nine million US dollars, then Lu Yangui said that there is no need for test flights; it can simply be flown back directly.

Unfortunately, they would never sell it to us at such a low price.

The fighter jet deal has finally made a new breakthrough, but in the United States, Paramount's stock price has begun to decline.

The reason is that Warner Bros.' new movie "The Batman" was released on June 23.

This movie is indeed very impressive, with strong attendance and other aspects, but its box office performance is not as good as that of the previous "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", so some people have raised questions.

Why did Batman perform so better than Incredibles at the box office?

In the following period, the voices of doubt about this grew louder and louder.

In particular, on Facebook's portal forums, there were more than 10,000 related posts and more than five million views.

One particularly meticulous legislator actually launched an investigation in a very stubborn manner.

As the investigation deepened, issues such as box office fraud and falsifying or concealing data gradually came to light.

Then came Paramount's false advertising and other issues.

Although no concrete evidence has been found, the fact that box office figures were inflated is undeniable.

As a result, the discussion about the true box office performance of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" intensified.

Goodness, this movie is almost out of theaters, but because of this wave of controversy, it's actually doing even better at the box office.

That's nonsense.

American movies typically have a 30-day theatrical run, with many films only lasting a day.

However, the box office performance of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" was indeed outstanding, so it's quite normal that they obtained the time-delay key.

Capital is all about making money. As long as this movie can still sell tickets, there will be cinemas showing it.

In the original timeline, the movie "Titanic" was shown for more than half a year before its global box office reached $1.8 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in history at the time.

With the attention of numerous news media outlets and discussions on the internet, the box office censorship case has been forced to accelerate.

When KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers, two of the Big Four accounting firms, sent teams to assist in the investigation, the truth quickly came to light.

The actual North American box office for "Indiana Jones" should be $215 million, while the global box office is $428 million.

This is far from the previously announced North American box office of $380 million and the global box office of $807 million.

The news shocked everyone.

What's the story behind Paramount's management team?

There's definitely big news going on here.

After all, someone capable of doing something like this must have a greater stake in it.

What should be done next?
The only option is to ignore it.

Because a small change can have far-reaching consequences, this kind of thing can only be covered up and cannot be allowed to spread further.

Otherwise, it would be like playing with fire, easily causing the fire to burn you.

In less than two days, Paramount put forward a very influential CEO as a scapegoat.

Major shareholders such as Geor Moreno, along with other executives, continue to remain in the background.

But now, Paramount's stock price has plummeted to a market value of only $4.5 billion, and it is still under circuit breaker.

With such a huge scandal, people no longer have much trust in Paramount's management team.

Even the stock prices of Hollywood giants such as Time Warner, Columbia, 20th Century Fox, and Universal Studios, as well as cinema giants like AMC, have fallen significantly.

After all, the box office scandal surrounding "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" was indeed a huge news story.

This does indeed involve the conflicting interests of many people.

Therefore, once this bomb is detonated, it will certainly cause Paramount's stock price to plummet.

However, other related businesses will also be affected.

The entire industry suffered as a result.

Should we buy now?

In New York, Wang Jianchao was still asking questions, but Zheng Baoyin, Li Efra, O'Brien, and others had already taken action.

Paramount's current market capitalization is around four billion US dollars. Although it is still falling, there has been no circuit breaker.

At this price, Maple Leaf Holdings could launch a major offensive and acquire a large number of shares.

Goldman Sachs and Sumner Redstone were also aware of this, so they were keeping an eye on Paramount's stock.

However, this time, they have already missed their chance.

For example, even the president of Goldman Sachs, who holds a large amount of cash, is currently unable to act.

Because this cash has already been secured and cannot be used.

Redstone's funds have all been invested in Viacom, leaving him temporarily unable to intervene in Paramount.

The only remaining threat is Geor Moreno.

But he's being watched by the IRS now, so how could he dare to do anything reckless?
If it's discovered that he, as a major shareholder, is also involved in stock trading, well, that would be a huge problem.

After all, if shareholders speculate in stocks, it's a disaster for retail investors.

Therefore, during the period from the end of June to the beginning of July, only Maple Leaf Holdings was buying Paramount shares.

Some retail investors also bought some, but not much.

There were still about 35% of the shares left in the market, but in a short period of time, they were snapped up and only 12% remained.

With only so many shares in circulation, trading volume naturally decreases significantly.

Paramount's stock price remained flat, neither rising nor falling.

Many retail investors who failed to escape can only stand on the mountaintop and wait silently.

New York, the office building housing the New York headquarters of the Want Want Group.

Inside the conference room, Wang Jianchao and his colleagues gathered for a meeting.

"It's been almost half a year since we last met here, since internet calling software became available, hasn't it?"

Lee Evra said with a smile:

"We've all had a tough time, and we're all very busy. In the past few months, we've all put in a lot of effort to successfully secure the deal with Paramount, this Hollywood giant."

"However, we currently only hold a mere 52% stake, making a smooth privatization and delisting quite difficult."

"Gentlemen, what do you think? Should we contact Geo Moreno directly? Or should we devise a plan to swindle him out of his entire billion-dollar loan?"

If Georgio Moreno can't repay the billion dollars, then it's a good opportunity for the other party to use those shares to settle the debt.

"We can't do it that way!" Zheng Baoyin shook his head and said:
"If the other party is desperate and sells these shares to Redstone, Goldman Sachs, or someone else, we will only be in a more passive position."

"We still need to come up with a foolproof plan."

Wang Jianchao sighed at this moment:

"If Uncle Nine were here, he would definitely have a solution."

Upon hearing this, everyone was speechless or rolled their eyes.

Is that even a question?
With Wang Duoyu's brains, devising such a scheme would indeed be a piece of cake for him.

"By the way, how's the plan with MGM going? For the next six months, we'll have to rely on MGM movies to counter Paramount's films; otherwise, it'll be much harder for us to acquire more shares."

As soon as O'Brien spoke, Qiao Hanliang explained:
"Preparations are already underway. Based on the current situation, Paramount's films in the second half of the year are not a concern."

Given this, Paramount's stock price is unlikely to fluctuate much in the second half of the year.

In other words, their acquisition of this company is not far off.

So the group discussed it and decided that they should discuss the acquisition in a fair and square manner.

"It's possible, but I doubt the other party will be willing, so we need to be patient and not rush things."

If Georgio Moreno decides to take things too far and directly contact other investors, things could become even more complicated.

Of course, it's also possible to directly announce that Want Want Group already holds 49.9% of the shares, then take over Paramount and oust Geor Moreno.

The specific methods to use and how to avoid wasting money have become the most pressing concerns.

As July 6th approached, Wang Jianchao and his group finally reached an agreement and then informed Wang Duoyu of their decision.

As a result, they received no feedback at all.

Everyone had no choice but to proceed.

While Wang Duoyu was in seclusion, they were indeed left to act on their own.

On the other side, at the Paramount headquarters building in Los Angeles.

Levin Burns, a shareholder of New Brown Bank, personally came to Paramount Corporation on behalf of the Burns family, the Winster family, and several other families to announce the takeover of Paramount.

Georgio Moreno and the others were completely dumbfounded. Wasn't Georgio Moreno the largest shareholder of Paramount?
When did he become Levin Burns of the new Brown Bank?

"These are photocopies of the shareholdings. You can take them to verify them, and then you'll know, right?"

"I'm very proud of myself," Levin Burns said.

Despite his subservient attitude towards Zheng Baoyin, Fuller Carson, and others, and despite being repeatedly refused and turned down when he tried to meet Wang Duoyu, his status was extremely low.

But at this moment, he is openly the shareholder representative of Paramount, the Hollywood giant.

This includes several small local banks, such as New Brown Bank, as well as several Wall Street financial firms.

They all authorized Levin Burns as their representative to hold all of their Paramount shares.

These companies combined hold 49.9% of Paramount's shares, an overwhelming advantage that completely crushes Geor Moreno's less than 35%.

Therefore, Levin Burns is the new chairman of Paramount.

Who else but him?

The news that Paramount Pictures had changed its chairman that day became the hottest news in the United States.

Facebook's forums and portals are all reporting on this.

Geor Moreno was completely marginalized.

However, there are still people who are very interested in his Paramount shares.

However, upon hearing that the acquisition price was to be based on the current stock market price, Geor Moreno immediately shook his head and refused.

He was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

In earlier years, if he hadn't reduced his shareholding, Paramount would definitely have been his, and no one would have been able to get their hands on it.

Unfortunately, there is no such thing.

Now, he is burdened with a billion dollars in debt, and his shares have become worthless.

what can we do about it?

They even lost control of Paramount.

It seems there is no other way out.

The only option is to sell Paramount's shares, but at such a low price, what can be done?

The repayment deadline is less than four months away. What will happen if we can't repay this billion US dollars by then?
Ugh!
Sorrow!

Schoumburg, Illinois, Motorola headquarters.

The shareholders and executives in the meeting room all fell silent.

Previously, due to their connection with Excellence Technology, they had investigated the Winster family.

As a result, the other party later directly invited Thomas from the IRS to their door, leaving Motorola humiliated and losing face completely.

They initially thought the Winster family was nothing special and that they would definitely try to get back at them next time.

Now, the Winster family has quietly reappeared on Paramount's shareholder list.

Gan!
Paramount's stock price is currently very low, and its market capitalization is less than four billion US dollars.

But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

Even though the Winster family doesn't hold a large stake in Paramount, they are allies with families like the Burns.

It's a very close relationship.

So what can they do?

Now we can only keep our distance from the Winster family.

Unless the Winster family falls into decline in the future, Motorola and other shareholders and executives will definitely retaliate when they find an opportunity.

Levin Burns' takeover of Paramount became big news across the United States.

The president of Goldman Sachs naturally saw the news immediately and couldn't help but frown:

"Could New Brown Bank also be backed by that European capital firm? Are they really that powerful?"

Stock market transaction records are not visible; otherwise, the president of Goldman Sachs would not mind investigating them thoroughly.

Unfortunately, Zheng Baoyin and his team had made thorough preparations from the very beginning.

Furthermore, the dramatic fluctuations in Paramount's stock price over the past few months have provided Zheng Baoyin and his team with numerous opportunities.

Even if the Goldman Sachs president wanted to investigate, he would first have to get past the New York Stock Exchange Commission, and then he would have to deal with a massive amount of transaction data.

Even if the investigation reaches this stage and uncovers connections between New Brown Bank, Boston Commercial Bank, and other Wall Street capital firms like Maple Tree Capital and Summit Global, so what?

It's just a transaction record, what can it prove?

Everything was legal and compliant, and there was absolutely no possibility of any loopholes.

At this moment, the president of Goldman Sachs began to ponder again: what exactly was the purpose behind the European capital represented by Levin Burns choosing this moment to take over Paramount?

Given the stock price fluctuations over the past few months, why didn't European capital take over Paramount earlier?

Others may not know, but the president of Goldman Sachs is very clear that European capital has always held more than 30% of the shares.

They could absolutely challenge Georgio Moreno for control of Paramount.

Why choose July? Surely there's some special significance to this month?

The president of Goldman Sachs was baffled, and Sumner Redstone was disheartened upon learning of the news.

Because Redstone knew that he estimated he would not be able to regain control of Paramount in the next few years.

The power of European capital is undeniable.

Competing against them is like throwing an egg against a rock.

Redstone wasn't stupid; he certainly wouldn't do such a thing.

After Paramount's chairman was changed to Ryan Burns, the stock price surprisingly did not change much.

It's most likely due to the small number of shares in circulation, right? (End of Chapter)