Chapter 1950

"Good morning, boss."

As soon as the elevator door opened, the little assistant in the white and black ol suit, with her hair tied behind her head, showed a light female charm of Shu and smiled.

"Well, what's the schedule today?"

Andy, who has been at home with his son and Ivana for three days, has to go back to his busy work. Now, he can't be as headstrong as before. He is not only a big company, but also a lot of companies. He only relies on the professional ethics of the professional managers. In the end, he may be the collapse of his own empire The beginning of the rout.

In particular, he is also the chairman of three listed companies, which is not a job he can leave behind. He doesn't work for three days, and the backlog of work is really enough for him to work for one day.

“。。。 Today there is only a financial meeting at 9:00, but the day after tomorrow is Starbucks' regular Board of directors. The boss needs to be present to preside over the meeting. "

"So I'm flying to Seattle? Can video conferencing replace it? "

Entering the office, Andy sat on the boss's chair, picked up a pile of folders that had been placed in the office, looked at them for a few eyes, frowned and asked the assistant.

"I'm afraid I can't, because there is an important resolution to be made and it needs to be signed by the boss, so..."

"Well, you call the crew and let them prepare, afternoon..." Andy looked at his watch, frowned and said, "I'll be at the airport at three in the afternoon."

"OK, boss, that's my plan."

Looking at the figure of the little assistant leaving with his back twisted, Andy takes out his mobile phone and makes a phone call to Ivana to inform him of his itinerary. On the phone, Ivana is very reluctant, but there is no way. A successful entrepreneur, flying talent is the normal, family and career, sometimes it is really difficult to balance.

Shaking his head and hanging up, Andy quickly put into the work of approving the backlog of documents. Fortunately, many things have been screened by the think tank, and his workload has been reduced a lot.

In the conference room, Andy is very relaxed, leaning on the boss's chair, one arm on the conference table, the other hand casually looking at the financial report given to him by the think tank, and listening to the report and explanation of the members of the think tank.

"That is to say, at present, I have less than 6% shares in Burlington North Santa Fe, the second largest railway company in the United States

Andy sees a number in the document and looks up to ask his subordinates of the middle-aged Chinese who are reporting to him. In terms of number, Chinese are unique. Therefore, Chinese faces are not uncommon in his think tank.

"Yes, boss, according to your instructions, we have been constantly absorbing funds. However, due to the repurchase of Northern Santa Fe and the rush purchase of another force, we only get 5.7% of the shares. At present, according to the information we get, Northern Santa Fe holds 77% of the shares."

"Ha ha, Al, let's see what I say. That's Warren Buffett's goal." Andy smiled and looked at his chief think tank.

"If Warren Buffett finally completes the acquisition, it's also his bet on the U.S. economy." Alvette pushed down his glasses and said with a smile.

"Oh? Can a railroad company be the embodiment of the American economy? " Andy frowned, but was intrigued by Al's judgment.

"It's true that the railway industry, an ancient form of transportation, has been modernizing in recent years. The efficiency of trains has increased, the number of employees has decreased, and the profit margin has increased.

Plus, the industry has been touting itself over the years as a greener alternative to congested and outdated highway systems, with railroads accounting for 43% of U.S. freight traffic. North Santa Fe has 32000 miles of rail, more than 10 times the distance between the East and the west of the United States. In the past 150 years, they have merged or acquired 390 different rail lines with a total of 40000 employees. The company is the largest rail carrier of coal and grain.

Every year, enough coal is transported for 10% of American households, and the grain transported is equivalent to the ration of 900 million people a year. If Buffett wants to buy the railway company, he is undoubtedly betting on the recovery of the freight industry. Although there is not much sign of recovery now, the most active performer in the railway industry is just saying that the downturn seems to have bottomed out, but because the Northern Santa Fe company carries all kinds of goods, it can almost be regarded as an indicator of economic activity.

What's more, if it is purchased at this time, it will be very cheap, not generally cheap. This is the second largest railway company in the United States. According to the current stock price, it's only more than 30 billion dollars. Plus its operating profit level, it's really the same as Baiji! "

"Tut tut." Andy reaches out his hand and touches Chun, squints his eyes slightly, smashes it a few times, and says quietly: "this really conforms to Buffett's consistent investment taste. He likes those companies that don't rely on cutting-edge technology to achieve considerable profits, so if we don't give him that, maybe he will really choose to buy Costco."

When it comes to this, alvette also shakes his head and laughs helplessly. He is also speechless about his boss's negative moves. It's really a bit damaging and not benefiting himself. It really breaks through Warren Buffett's acquisition layout of Costco, but at the same time, it makes two founders of Costco become frightened birds. He begins to pay attention to the direction of his stock in the secondary market , and began to reserve and allocate funds to prevent the hostile takeover of some barbarians. Instead, they were exposed to the other side as a low-key investor."Boss, how can we reply to the board member invitation sent by Costco to you, refuse or agree?"

"Ah..."

Speaking of this matter, Andy can't cry or laugh. There are so many smart people in the world. As soon as his side is exposed, the two founders of Costco immediately sent him an invitation. In addition to testing his ambition for Costco, they took the idea of editing and mixing sand into Costco's board of directors. After all, they already know that If the board of directors of their own enterprises has become a sieve, and they have not yet made a response, it is really not unjust to be squeezed out.

"Agree, since it has been discovered, it is no longer feasible to quietly absorb and then complete the one shot acquisition. When the other party is prepared, we need to pay too much. At present, it seems that only slowly nibble from the inside. After all, youth is my biggest advantage. Constant nibbling. One day, Costco will become me Its assets! "

Since he doesn't want to spend too much money on a hostile takeover, Andy can only choose to do things from the inside. Anyway, no matter the founder or several shareholders' directors, they are all seventy-eight. Even if they are well maintained, how many years can they live?

"However, this is also a loss for me. Someone must be responsible. Let Buffett pay for it!" Andy narrowed his eyes, twinkled and said coldly: "continue to buy the shares of Burlington Northern Santa Fe company, I'll bet that he wants to completely privatize the company. Since he has made such a big bet, he can't not want to permanently own the company. By then, these shares in my hand will be the biggest chips, and can sell for a good price!"

Andy knows something about Warren Buffett. He also likes to monopolize things. No matter the candy company or the ice cream company, Warren Buffett has completed privatization. The second largest railway company in the United States, how can he not occupy it alone? In other words, Andy Smith will definitely find a way to complete privatization, just like Ann Just like NBC global, it's not for next month or next year, but to own the company forever!

All the people in the conference room laughed at their boss's plan to rip off...