Silicon Valley
Chapter 171
On April 29, the CEOs of ups and FedEx came to Nicholas group.
FedEx CEO John schweider, Henry met once, about 40 or 50 years old, and he is also the founder of FedEx!
Scott Davis, chairman and executive officer of UPS United Parcel Express service company, is the first time to meet Henry. He is wearing glasses, standing about 1.75 meters, in his forties, in a suit and shoes, and dressed like a successful person!
"Welcome both of you!" Henry said with a smile, "Mr. Swade and Mr. Scott Davis!"
"Long time no see, Mr. Henry Williams!" Schweider said with a smile, looking at Henry.
Henry smiles. "Yes, it''s been two or three years..." Henry says. He turns his head and looks at Scott Davis. "Mr. Scott Davis and Mr. schweider are coming to our company. There must be something important to discuss. Come on, talk to my office!"
Scott Davis and schweider smile at each other and follow Henry.
After a while, Henry came to the chairman''s office of Nicholas group.
"What do you need to drink? I have everything here! " Said Henry, after he had asked them to sit down.
"I''ll just have a glass of water!" Mr. schweider said with a smile.
"And Mr. Scott Davis?"
Scott Davis said with a smile, "I''m like schweider..."
Henry nodded, gave his secretary a look and told her to bring two glasses of water.
At this moment, Henry secretly guessed in his mind what happened when they came together? But obviously, it must have something to do with the express company.
Before Henry could speak, schweider said with a smile, "Mr. Williams, remember the request I made to you a few years ago?"
"A request made a few years ago?" Henry thought about it and remembered that at that time, schweider proposed to buy Nicholas express!
Henry replied: "remember, at that time, you asked me to buy Nicholas express, but I refused. Yes? What do you mean, I still want to buy Nicholas express today? "
Schweider laughed. "I think so, but I know you won''t sell it! So today, I''m with Scott Davis, the chairman of UPS United Parcel Service
"Hehe, if you come together, I will sell it!"
"Oh, don''t get me wrong, we don''t mean to force you! I want to cooperate with you! " Seeing that Henry''s face changed, schweider misunderstood himself, so he quickly explained.
"Cooperation?" Henry laughed. "Haven''t we been working together all the time?"
"Of course, we have been working together. However, we can cooperate more deeply... "Said schweider.
Scott Davis nodded aside and said, "yes, we want to work more closely with the Nicholas group to form a big interest group!"
"What kind of cooperation law do you have?" Henry asked after a little meditation.
"It''s very simple, cross stock!"
Scott Davis said, "ups and FedEx exchange shares with Nicholas express, respectively!"
As soon as Henry heard this, he understood what they were paying attention to. He wanted to complete the joint holding of Nicholas express company by means of cross share exchange, so as to influence the development of Nicholas express company. In the future, as long as Nicholas express company and their own interest competition, it is bound to Nicholas express company out of the competition, let the profit to themselves!
Henry is much more knowledgeable about this kind of trick. Foreign capital enters China to develop and gain control of the company with technology or capital. However, in the end, he deliberately collapses the company and then sells his own products, because only in this way can they earn more, or even score a large part of the profits!
Ups and FedEx don''t mean to bring down Nicholas express, but they can limit the development of Nicholas express
Instead, Henry asked with a smile, "how do you exchange shares?"
Scott Davis then said with a smile: "ups exchange 5% shares for 30% shares of Nicholas express company, FedEx exchange 5% shares for 25% shares of Nicholas see company! In this way, everyone holds shares with each other and forms an interest team! "
Henry sneered in his heart. It''s really nice to say that he was also an interest group. If he was not familiar with the darkness of the capital society, he would really be fooled by you!
"First of all, you seriously underestimate the market value of Nicholas express. Second, Nicholas group will hold absolute control over Nicholas express in any case. In particular, the last point can never be changed! " Henry said in a low voice.
Scott Davis and schweider both frowned at this.
"Well, we can increase the market value of Nicholas express a little bit, but as you know, its market value is still a big difference compared with ours," he said! After the exchange of shares, the shares held by Nicholas group will certainly drop a lot, so absolute control is impossible! "
Scott Davis added: "schweider is right. Absolute control, I''m afraid, is impossible. However, we can guarantee that Nicholas group is still the largest shareholder! What''s more, through cross exchange, Nicholas group can still hold shares in two of the largest express delivery companies in the United States. Together, the three of us can monopolize most of the American market! "
"Yes, Mr. Williams, please think it over!" "You should know that if it wasn''t for Nicholas group, our two companies wouldn''t care about a Nicholas express company. After all, its foundation is still too weak," said schweider
Henry was silent. If you promise, you will lose control of Nicholas express company in the future. It''s not easy to get it back!
Henry shook his head firmly and said, "if Nicholas group can''t hold absolute shares, then there''s no need to talk about stock exchange!"
"Mr. Williams, why insist on absolute control?" Schweider frowned.
Henry said lightly: "just in case, we Nicholas group don''t want to be the second jobs. You should know how he was driven out of the company... I have to maliciously speculate whether one day in the future, your two companies will join hands to drive Nicholas group out of Nicholas express..."
"What do you say, Mr. schweider and Mr. Scott Davis?" There was a sneer on Henry''s lips.