In addition, Bill Gates has a very strong evidence to prove that Fang Chen indeed has money and no place to spend it.

That is, although Fang Chen's strength in the United States is not like that in Russia and China, he can cover the sky with one hand and change the clouds and rain, so it is difficult to avoid Hasbro's blackmail.

But they have this strength, especially the Rockefeller family represented by Metsu, and even the entire Jewish family.

As long as Fang Chen is willing, they can easily settle this matter with just one sentence, allowing Fang Chen to obtain a reasonable licensing price.

But Fang Chen didn't do this. Instead, he took a more drastic approach. If this isn't willfulness, what is it?

At a glance, he knew from Bill Gates' weird smile what Bill Gates was thinking about him, and Fang Chen gently twitched the corner of his mouth.

He did not deny that such a decision was part of his willfulness, but more economic factors were taken into consideration.

Although the current Hasbro company is still not small, it is a manufacturing company after all, so it is not in the eyes of Bill Gates. However, with the rise of China's manufacturing industry, Hasbro has slowly transformed into relying on order-based procurement and

An asset-light, high-profit enterprise that authorizes the transfer of copyrights.

While the entire company has a lot of revenue, its net profit is even more astonishing. Coupled with its involvement in the film and television industry, Hasbro's annual profits are really not low.

Of course, Fang Chen also had the idea of ​​killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, killing one to scare a hundred others, and using thunderous means to frighten Xiao Xiao.

Nowadays, there are more and more Qingtian industries in the United States, and they are getting bigger and bigger. If there is no deterrent effect, there will be cats and dogs like Hasbro that will disgust people.

I believe that as he becomes Hasbro's major shareholder and the news that he controls 51% of Hasbro's shares spreads, there will definitely be fewer people who want to make plans for the future.

Seeing that Fang Chen had no intention of wavering, Bill Gates could only say: "Although this matter is a bit difficult, let's do this. We will call you and ask."

After saying this, Bill Gates and Metsu directly made a phone call in front of Fang Chen.

To show kindness to Fang Chen and show how much effort he had put in, he naturally had to do it in front of Fang Chen.

However, Fang Chen was obviously not interested in listening to the two people's phone calls, so he lay down on the sofa nearby to rest.

Half an hour later, after the two made almost thirty or forty phone calls and briefly discussed a few words, Bill Gates handed the phone to his secretary, and then looked at Fang Chen, who had his eyes closed to relax, with a strange expression.

"Fang, I have to say that you are quite lucky. Hasbro is an old company that has been listed in the United States for more than fifty years. Its founders, the Henry brothers, and their heirs have already withdrawn from the company's operations early. You know this kind of

Does the situation mean anything?" Bill Gates said.

Fang Chen raised his eyelids and said bluntly: "It means the equity is dispersed."

"Well, that's right. The biggest feature of this kind of company, which has been listed for a long time and the founder family has already exited, is that it is relatively dispersed in terms of equity. The company's largest shareholder now only holds less than 8% of the total shares."

"Moreover, Metsu and I have mobilized the power of our respective families and have been able to ensure that as long as you can become the major shareholder of Hasbro, your equity ownership will exceed 51%." Bill Gates said.

Because of several antitrust cases such as the breakup of the Rockefeller family's Standard Oil Company a century ago, almost all Jewish families have learned the lesson.

He never holds a large amount of shares in a company on his own. In order to reduce so-called risks, he will also introduce other Jewish families or investors to hold shares in a company.

In other words, the same company may have several Jewish families and investors holding shares together.

It is by this method that the Jewish family controls countless companies in the United States, so many that, except for the family patriarch and the people who are responsible for investment, most Jewish family members cannot tell which company they have shares in.

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Just now, Metsu called his uncle, David Rockefeller, who asked someone to check it out. Only then did he tell Metsu that the Rockefeller family did have shares in Hasbro, but it was not much, 2%.

about.

Then, David Rockefeller called other Jewish families, such as the Morgan family, the Warburg family, the Oppenheimer family, etc.

In addition, Bill Gates plays the role of his mother, a First Intercontinental Bank executive and chairman of the National United Way Association, as well as his father, the founder of K&L Gates, one of the largest law firms in the world.

Personal connections.

After this round of phone calls, almost 45% of the shares were collected. Therefore, as long as Fang Chen can become the major shareholder, he can gain control of Hasbro.

"And the stock price of Hasbro is not expensive. If you slowly buy people from the stock market, if you do well, you can get 8% of the shares for about 200 million US dollars. I think this should be good for you.

It’s not difficult, you don’t happen to have a group of good traders at your disposal.”

After saying this, Bill Gates looked at Fang Chen with some disgust.

Although these shares are scattered among so many families, each family only costs tens of millions or even millions of dollars on average, which is not that much money. However, it is impossible to support others with just one phone call and let others exercise their rights.

Sacred rights as a shareholder.

Why? It doesn’t make sense!

However, as soon as he called, the other party also disagreed, but when he heard that it was Fang Chen who wanted the shares, his tone immediately changed and he quickly agreed.

It is actually quite profitable to use so-called tens of millions of dollars in shares to make a good relationship with Fang Chen. After all, even if Fang Chen sells the company, he will still have to pay them according to the shares, not to mention the audit.

When the company is here, Fang Chen won't do anything.

So, Bill Gates also understands why they do this.

But dozens of families in a row have this attitude, all trying to save face, and there are some old Jewish families among them, which is a bit scary.

When did Fang Chen have such influence in the United States?

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to understand.

The most important thing for these Jewish families is money. In the past few years, Fang Chen dared to say that the person who made the most money was the second in the world. I am afraid no one dared to say that he was the first.

If we say that Fang Chen's previous business scope was mostly in China and Russia, so these Jewish families did not feel Fang Chen's power in this area.

But this time, Netscape's listing was really an eye-opener for them. With a mere investment of tens of millions of dollars, they earned themselves three to four billion dollars in shares, which increased by a hundred times, or even more.

many.

If they don't quickly find a way to hold such a thigh and tie up the good karma that comes to their door, forming a dead knot, what else are they thinking about?

Not to mention, according to the usual practice, other Jewish families of the Netscape shares that Metsu received, as long as they are interested, can get a part.

Since they are all standing in the same trench, and they are still counting on Fang Chen to make them rich in the future, using Hasbro's shares to support Fang Chen is really nothing.

After listening to Bill Gates explain the details, although he knew that this matter was not difficult for the two of them, Fang Chen couldn't help but be stunned, because he really didn't expect that the two of them could complete it so quickly and easily.

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What's more, they are amazed at the potential strength of the Jewish people.

He casually controlled an old company, with 45% of the shares unknown to anyone. How many companies like Hasbro are there in the United States and even the world?

I'm afraid there are really countless.

I don’t know what Bill Gates suddenly thought of after saying this, and he suddenly felt a little depressed.

To be honest, he never thought that a large enterprise like Hasbro, even the number one company in the world in the toy field, could change hands so easily.

And he saw two shortcomings reflected in Hasbro.

First of all, the equity is too dispersed and there is no center, so there will be no synergy and it will be easy to be defeated and bought off individually.

The other is professional managers.

Hasbro's equity is now so dispersed that the founding family has withdrawn, so there is no doubt that the actual managers of the company are professional managers.

It sounds like professional managers are a very good thing. If they do well, the company will give them some rewards. If they don't do well, they will just get out and leave.

According to such a system, professional managers will naturally have to sacrifice their lives in order to obtain more shares, and shareholders can also screen out corporate managers they are satisfied with, and then deeply bind them to them, completely tying them to the company.

On the body.

This is also a method he plans to implement in the future after he retires from Microsoft, not to mention that he also plans to invest in a large number of companies, which all need to be managed.

But looking at it now, the problem has emerged. In order to earn more profits for the company and obtain equity rewards, professional managers tend to take some short-term interests more seriously, and then use more drastic measures.

This is a bit similar to gambling.

If the bet is successful, the equity wealth will be all at once. If the bet is lost, the worst possible outcome is to leave and just change companies, which can be regarded as saving time and cost.

It's better than slowly running a business for several years, only to end up with nothing, no money or stocks, and no time to spare.

But when professional managers walk away, the companies and shareholders suffer.

For example, right now, all fools know that Fang Chen, the richest man in the world, is certainly not someone to be trifled with, but Hasbro's managers would rather offend Fang Chen in order to gain an extra ten million US dollars in profits.

That's why this fatal disaster occurred.

If Fang Chen only wants to obtain authorization, it doesn't matter. The company will not be in any big turmoil. But if not, it will cause trouble for this company that has been the world's number one toy company for decades.

It vanished into thin air and ceased to exist.

But the problem is, even if you think about it with your toes, you know that Fang Chen went through so much trouble and spent 200 million US dollars, how could it be just to obtain an authorization.

Therefore, professional managers kill companies and shareholders.

We had already talked about everything we needed to talk about, and after having such a good meal with him, seeing that it was getting late, Fang Chen sent Bill Gates and Metsu away on the pretext that they would participate in the bell-ringing tomorrow.

The two people were so angry that they both rolled their eyes.

To be honest, if Fang Chen hadn't invited them to attend the bell-ringing ceremony tomorrow, they would have had to knock Fang Chen on the head now. How could they treat guests like this?

Especially since they had just tried so hard to do Fang Chen a big favor.

Is this how Fang Chen treats his friends who help him? It’s really unreasonable!

By the way, they also gave Fang Chen 1.6 billion US dollars!

When they thought of this, the two of them became even more angry and their livers ached.

After learning the whole process from Wu Maocai, Taylor was trembling with excitement.
To be continued...