New York, Monday, November 17.
As usual, Jeff Immelt walked into his luxurious office, handed his windbreaker to his secretary, and photographed the buttons wrapped in a tight skirt for a charming white eye.
Sitting in the boss's chair symbolizing power, he picked up the neatly placed documents on the table, drank the hot espresso while checking the briefing sent by various departments of the company.
Since the financial crisis exposed all kinds of risks in the financial business created by Welch, as CEO, he has been trying to reshape Ge again, hoping to build it into a digital enterprise through reform, lead Ge to glory again, and become an enterprise manager that investors can trust like Welch.
In the United States, all investors need is a name if they want to support a group company. For current Wall Street, Amazon's Jeffrey Bezos is synonymous with the right choice. So is Warren Buffett. Well, there may be a younger Andy Smith now.
In fact, part of the reason behind GE's past success lies in investors' unswerving trust in Welch, the legendary CEO. The head of the business always seems to hit the quarterly target exactly like a clock. This mode, as the first mock exam of the successor, has begun to waver, which is what he does not want to see.
Warren Buffett's capital injection and Andy Smith's short-term help didn't seem to get Ge out of the mire. Instead, it was Andy Smith, a shameless guy, who chose to sell all the stocks he just bought to escape when the stock price rebounded and seemed to be in a good form.
At the beginning of his own short-sighted ridicule, now it seems that the really stupid person has become himself, thinking of each other's fake sunshine smile handsome face, and that kind of indifferent ha ha sound, Jeff has an impulse to hit hard.
Cough, unfortunately, I can't beat that bastard!
But fortunately, he was holding on to what little bastards coveted. Jeff had been biting to death in the negotiation of acquiring NBC global. He demanded too much and forced the other party to agree. He was very clear about Andy Smith's ambition and background card, and didn't worry that the other party would give up the plan. After all, NBC global is the only three major broadcasting companies in the United States that are most likely to be acquired They are definitely scarce assets, and GM is not worried about finding other buyers.
The recession in the financial market has led to the fact that the stock market in the United States has been suffering from mad cow disease. There is no rule for the rise and fall of the stock market. Although the stock price of General Electric has fallen for eight consecutive trading days, and the stock price has fallen to about $3, it has not fallen sharply again because of the good news of the merger and acquisition negotiations.
Not like Citibank, which has become a laughingstock, the stock price fluctuates around $1, and everyone is waiting for the "miracle" of falling below $1...
"Dong Dong --"
the quick knock on the door made Jeff, who was still thinking about the problem, frown. As soon as he looked up, he saw Quincy cross, the company's chief market analyst, burst in with an iron face.
"Boss, something happened..."
Jeff frowned tighter, reached for a sign, and asked the other party to sit down. But Quincy, who had an extremely ugly expression, did not sit down, but said in a bitter and anxious tone: "just now, our stock price fell below three dollars, and began to plummet. The tracking result is that someone is short of our stock, and the other party is strong..."
"Boss, Mr. Jinning has something important to see you..."
"Jeff, just now, Andy Smith called us to terminate NBC global M & A negotiations, accused us of lack of sincerity and refused to pay liquidated damages. Later, we will sue us for GE's intentional sabotage of the negotiations and commercial fraud..."
"Bang!"
"This bitch smashed it!" At this point, Jeff Immelt, even if he is a fool, knows who is behind the scenes and stabs in the knife. This is to beat GE's share price to death!
Then, with the explanation of the company's chief analyst, he fully understood that this was a planned and premeditated shorting action against Xing. The time node chosen simply made them unable to fight back. After all, the economic data just released led to the global stock market falling. In a panic, even if they spent money to support the market, they were just a glass of water truck The salary, by already opened huge mouth greedy monster to send the delicacy.
Jeff bravely grabbed the phone and called mg Datong, the holding boss of General Electric, but unfortunately, the reply made Jeff wry smile and the possibility of trust disappeared completely. However, it's not the time for him to panic. He grabbed his mobile phone and rushed to the financial department with two people in the office.
Looking at the red numbers beating constantly on the LCD wall, Jeff's face was livid, his fists were clenched tightly, his veins were blue and his lips were shaking. (U.S. stocks are up green and down red.)
1.5
1.41.3
。。。。。。
When the stock price plummeted to 1.1 or so, Jeff finally couldn't hold his breath
Buzzing -
Jeff Immelt took out his buzzing mobile phone from his pocket with some shaking fingers. He didn't look obvious, and his eyes were staring at the blood red number in front of him.
"Hello, this is Jeff Immelt..."
"Good morning, Mr Immelt. I'm Jean Reno. It's like this. We Vivendi..."
"Bang!"
“FXXK! You sons of bitches who should go to hell
Jeff, who used to squeeze out a little smile, turned off the phone when he heard the other side finish quickly. His whole face was completely blacked. His face was ferocious and he fell the phone directly on the wall. He was shaking and growling loudly. He reached out to hold the table beside him, so that his body could be supported.
At the same time, in the playroom of Gaia branch of London Financial Street, the LCD TV wall is divided into two parts, one side is the video connection, the other side is the data of the US stock market.
Andy stands in front of the LCD TV wall, one hand in his pocket, the other hand holding a cup of coffee, while behind him are all the bright eyed people, including Robert, Amar and David Dunne who come to witness a certain moment together.
"Boss, Vivendi announced it to the public."
Andy's face was calm, and his mouth was cocked up, showing a sunny smile. His eyes flashed with a sharp light. After a sip of coffee, he put the coffee cup on the table aside.
"Pa!"
The left hand in the pocket is pulled out, and the right hand is patted together, so that everyone's eyes are focused on him. Andy looks at the big screen and alvette and bardstone are waiting seriously. Behind them are hundreds of ready operators.
"Break it!"
"Copy, boss!"
"Start selling!"
Crackling......
In the auditorium of London, you can hear clearly the sound of keyboard and all kinds of shouting with numbers.
"97 dollars!"
The picture is split in two.
In London, Andy is surrounded by his arms, his chin is wide, and he looks up at the world with a proud smile;
in New York, Jeff is pale, sitting in a chair, his expression is bitter and he looks up at the blood red '0.97' dazzling number.
On the New York Stock Exchange, all the traders opened their mouths and looked up at GE's stock price, which fell below one dollar. The air seemed to be frozen and the time was frozen.
Since Thomas Edison was founded, he has grown rapidly into an outstanding multinational company, representing the benchmark of the most advanced business model in the United States. Ge, the great landmark enterprise in the United States, has suffered "humiliation" - the first of the top 500 companies in the world may also be the only one whose stock price has fallen below $1!