March 4th, Monday …
Pei Qian sat comfortably in the boss' chair in his office and listened to Eric, Meng Chang, and the others report to him on the progress of the acquisition of Finger Games.
All in all, it was going smoothly.
Since Dayak Corporation had decided to sell Finger Games, it meant that they really wanted to sell it and get out quickly. Naturally, they would cooperate fully.
Dayak Corporation did not mind that Tengda Corporation wanted to pay in installments. After all, the money would definitely not be less. Tengda Corporation could not go back on its word. What's more, everyone knew that Tengda was a high-turnover model. It was indeed unrealistic to fork out such a huge sum of money all at once.
However, the situation was more complicated for Finger Games.
The composition of some of the upper echelons of Finger Games was more complicated. Naturally, their reactions were different when faced with this matter.
The first type was parachuted in from the Dayak Corporation. For example, Eric belonged to this category previously. After this, he might leave Finger Games and return to the Dayak Corporation. These people's attitude was the same as the Dayak Corporation. They were just going through the motions and doing official business.
The second type was people like Chrétien, the upper echelons of designers or technicians. Their attitudes were more complicated and they were more resistant emotionally. However, they could only accept it since the boss had changed;
The third type was people like Charles who held shares and had real power. They were very unwilling to accept this fact. They would definitely do all they could to obstruct Tengda. They did not want to become a vassal and hoped to negotiate with Tengda to maximize their autonomy in managing the company.
Dayak Corporation had already entered the process stage. However, how to absorb Finger Games into Tengda's system after the acquisition was the most serious problem at the moment.
The four-man team had two choices now. One was to return to China. After all, they still held various positions in Tengda Corporation and had many other things to deal with. The other was to go to the United States to take over and transform Finger Games.
Of course, anyone could take over and modify the company at any time. Even if they did not go, they could let Finger Games continue managing themselves.
Pei Qian had to decide how to choose.
Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked after listening to everyone's reports, "Charles is not very cooperative?"
Eric nodded. "Of course, that's to be expected."
"He was so close to becoming the true owner of Finger Games. What's more, he was able to increase the value of his money by a few hundred times with the capital operation of Finger Games in just a few years. In the end, Tengda intercepted him at the last step. That was especially so when he tried to lower the price and ended up benefiting Tengda. That was obviously unacceptable to him."
"Not only that, but his authority in Finger Games has also decreased. After all, although Dayak Corporation had been giving Finger Games instructions previously, they were basically only in charge of the profits. The upper echelons of Finger Games still had full autonomy in terms of specific game design and operational strategies."
"Now that Tengda Corporation has taken over, he has already foreseen that we will definitely take back his power in all aspects. It is unlikely that he will continue to be the local tyrant of Finger Games. This will definitely make him very unhappy."
"What he's doing now should be to unite the other upper echelons and think of a way to make the upper echelons of Finger Games look like they're united. He wants to fight for the right to operate independently and refuse us from interfering too much."
"Not only that, but he also wants to hold onto the shares in his hands tightly and wait for Finger Games' share price to rise so that he can make a huge profit and make up for his previous losses."
Pei Qian could not help but chuckle.
Previous losses? Where did the previous losses come from?
Could it be that Charles felt that not being able to successfully buy Finger Games and being intercepted by Tengda was a loss?
That's right. That's what the capitalists thought. Money that they did not earn was a loss.
It looked like there were still many diehard people in Finger Games. If other companies took over such a company, it would really be a little troublesome.
That was because the acquisition plans of other companies would definitely be optimistic about the future of this company and hope that it would continue to make money for them.
Since they wanted it to continue to make money, they had to give the original company's upper echelons sufficient respect and autonomy. They could not give orders and create unnecessary trouble.
Otherwise, if they really forced the original upper echelons who understood the company's situation the best to leave, and a group of people would be parachuted over. The final result would often be contrary to one's wishes, and the company would go downhill faster or even collapse to the bottom.
Therefore, in order to let the acquired company continue to make money, they would usually be cautious after the acquisition. They would appease the upper echelons and tell them that they still had the authority they should have and that they would make more money. They would tell them that they still had the authority they should have and that they would make more money. They would continue to work diligently and their cooperation would be bright and their future would be limitless.
It was also for this reason that the upper echelons of the acquired company would often unite to protect their power and status and ask for as much autonomy as possible from the parent company.
This was a very common game.
If the parent company felt that they would not be able to play if they got rid of all these upper echelons, they could only be forced to compromise and temporarily accept these people's conditions. Then, they would gradually change them when the conditions were ripe.
However, it was a pity that the group of people from Finger Games met Pei Qian.
Did Pei Qian buy Finger Games because it was profitable?
No.
Did he expect Finger Games to continue making money after the acquisition?
He did not.
Would it be bad for Pei Qian even if he fired all these upper echelons?
None at all.
Since that was the case, what right did these people have to think that he had the right to negotiate?
Pei Qian thought about it for a moment and said, "How about this? The other three come back. Eric, you go to Finger Games and take over as CEO.
"If these upper echelons are obedient, then forget it. Keep them. If they are disobedient and even join forces to make you a figurehead, then fire them all!
"I still have important things to do next. I will not allow any opposition in Finger Games.
"As for those who still hold shares like Charles …
"Tell them to sell all their shares to Tengda now. We can buy them at a 10% premium. If they don't sell, Finger Games' stock price will plummet. Don't blame me for informing them then. "
The four people on the other end of the line were obviously shocked.
Finger Games' stock price was going to continue to plummet?
How was that possible?
One had to know that Charles had caused a few trouble and caused gamers to complain. At the moment, Finger Games' stock price was at a historical low.
The stock price immediately rose after knowing that Finger Games had acquired Tengda, but the increase was limited.
It rose because Tengda made a decisive move, allowing the capital market to regain confidence in Finger Games: at least Tengda recognized the value of Finger Games.
In the MOBA market, Tengda understood it the best. They all wanted Finger Games, which showed that this stock was at a low level.
The increase was limited because Tengda had yet to reveal any follow-up measures against Finger Games.
Everyone was also guessing whether Tengda was going to play a game of fighting left and right, turning something rotten into something magical, and rebuilding Finger Games into a giant? Or was it simply going to hide Finger Games and use it as a stepping stone for GOG?
The difference between these two possibilities was too huge. Thus, the capital market was still waiting for Tengda's signal and was unwilling to act rashly.
Under such circumstances, Boss Pei actually said that Finger Games' shares would plummet?
Wasn't that shrinking his own wealth?
Finger Games had just spent a billion US dollars to buy it!
This move was truly unfathomable.
Among the four of them, Meng Chang was especially shocked. He even broke out in cold sweat.
Then, he felt lucky.
That was because according to his and Fan Xiaodong's original plan, they would first short and then go long. They thought that Charles would release negative news to lower Finger Games' share price to facilitate the transaction. However, Finger Games' share price would definitely increase after Boss Pei made a move.
After some consideration, Meng Chang decided to only earn money from short selling. The latter operation might involve insider trading. There was a certain risk and it would easily arouse Boss Pei's disgust. Thus, he gave up.
Now, he realized that giving up was right!
If he did not give up and Boss Pei made the shares plummet, he and Fan Xiaodong would have to spit out all the money they had earned previously!
Boss Pei was the god of investment.
Therefore, do not guess gods!
Anyone who thought they were smart and thought they had seen through Boss Pei would eventually learn a tragic lesson.
Meng Chang could not help but feel excited about his wisdom and glad that he had escaped a calamity.
However, he still could not figure it out. The first thing Boss Pei did after spending a huge sum of money to buy Finger Games was to destroy his own business? To shrink his own money?
According to the brain circuits of ordinary companies, the first thing they would do would be to release some good news to pull up the share price and make the capital market optimistic again!
Boss Pei's boldness was not something that ordinary people could have.
Eric nodded. "Alright, Boss Pei. I'll tell him the truth."
Pei Qian continued, "You'll have to work hard during this period. Stay at Finger Games for a while. I have other things for you to do in the future. Leave GOG's operations to the rest of the GOG project team to help you keep an eye on it. "
"Contact me anytime if there's anything."
Eric nodded. "Alright, Boss Pei!"
Eric's position in Finger Games was basically equivalent to the emperor emeritus now.
Eric was deeply touched to be valued so highly by Boss Pei.
He might have been an executive sent by Dayak Corporation to Finger Games in the past and became the person-in-charge of the Huaxia region, but he was still far from Charles.
Charles was not only the CEO of Finger Games after all, but he also had a good relationship with the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation.
What about now? The positions of the two of them were completely reversed.
He could only say that times had changed!
Although no one knew what kind of earth-shattering thing Boss Pei was going to do, Boss Pei must have thought it through before doing anything.
They just had to wait patiently!
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