Chapter 832 Intimidation (Part 2)

   "Are you threatening me?"

  Peter Monk's eyes became sharp instantly, he looked at Zhong Shi and Paulson coldly, and said loudly, "If the two of you think that this can threaten me, then you can try it!"

From the founding of Barrick Gold Company to today, Peter Munk has been in charge of the company for 30 years. From a small company in Canada to today's largest gold production giant in the world, he has instilled youth and enthusiasm here . If it is said that the last year of his career is not guaranteed, it is simply a denial of his entire career, which still makes him hard to accept.

  So when Zhong Shi and Paulson said these words, his heart was already burning with anger, and he almost drove them out on the spot. But after he thought about it, he felt that if he just provoked the other party like this, maybe the other party's words would come true, and his fame would be completely ruined, so he didn't tear himself apart with the other party.

"yes?"

Zhong Shi squinted at the other party in disdain, and counted with his fingers, "Barrick is listed on exchanges in Toronto, New York, London, Paris, and Switzerland, with more than 80% of its shares in circulation, and its current market value is about 18 billion US dollars. The total shareholding of the top ten shares does not exceed 35%. That is to say, in the hands of small and medium shareholders, at least 45% of the chips can be absorbed. And I don’t need to absorb so many shares. I only need to become the largest shareholder. Then you can re-elect the board of directors!"

   "This figure is only 8%, or 1.44 billion U.S. dollars. Even if a 50% premium is given, it is only a cost of about 2 billion U.S. dollars."

Seeing the other party's face change, Zhong Shi continued mercilessly, "Mr. Monk, you don't think I can't even get this little money? And you think, if the first shareholder changes hands, the other Will people continue to listen to the arrangements of your current board of directors?"

   "This is interesting, I also want to join the board of directors!"

  Paulson said without losing the opportunity, "A fund of 1 billion US dollars is not a pressure on me. As long as I join hands with Mr. Zhong, it should not be difficult to control the board of directors."

   "I don't know what you are going to do, but I don't think it is your original intention to invest so much money in Barrick Gold Company?"

After his complexion fluctuated for a long while, Peter Monk sat down suddenly, his furious expression disappeared without a trace, and he said to the two in a flat tone, "If you want, I can take a look. That day."

  Due to the dispersed ownership, Barrick Gold has always been in danger of being acquired. However, in order to avoid this risk, they chose to go public in countries such as Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, and use this geographical advantage to resist the possibility of being acquired, because it is by no means a task to integrate the resources of so many countries. easy thing.

   But these are not a problem under the absolute waving of gold dollars. For example, for a behemoth like Tianyu Fund, it can be said that it is a breeze to handle all this.

However, Peter Munk quickly realized that Zhong Shi and others wanted to use 2 billion US dollars to acquire the shares of Barrick Gold Company. operates in the capital market. When he was actually notified, it was probably when he was kicked out.

  Thinking of this, Peter Monk couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief.

   "So we can sit down and talk now?"

Regarding Peter Monk's psychological changes, Zhong Shi knew the truth. At least the other party showed a tendency to give in. What he needs to do next is to continue to add fire, "If it was like this from the beginning, we wouldn't be unhappy. Isn't it?"

   "I didn't say what I promised."

Peter Munk smiled and said in a leisurely manner, "Let's talk about what you want to do first, and see if your actions are worth 2 billion US dollars. I can think about it. But I declare in advance that if you really want to acquire Barrick Gold, feel free to, I'd be more than happy to retire early."

  His words immediately changed the expressions of Zhong Shi and Paulson.

  Originally, Zhong Shi and Paulson believed that the other party must not be willing to "not be safe at the end of the festival" and hoped that they could retire safely. But now it seems that after the initial panic, the other party quickly took the initiative in the conversation, and even pointedly stated that they would not accept the other party's tricks at all.

   In this way, Zhongshi and Paulson's previous threats are useless. You must know that even if the other party is kicked out, he can live a stable life with an astronomical pension and shares.

   “We hope that when the time is right, you will cooperate with us to issue a statement to push up the price of gold!”

Zhong Shi pondered for a while, and finally said quietly, "For example, your gold mine in a certain country has a mechanical failure, or the property rights are unclear, or there is a war conflict. Pushing up the price of gold to a certain extent."

"It's that simple?"

  Peter Munk was in a good mood after the initiative was reversed. He spread his hands and exaggeratedly said, "Just such a condition, you want to threaten with 2 billion US dollars? You guys are really rich and powerful. I admire it!"

   "My answer is, no!"

After sighing for a while, Peter Munk resolutely refused, "You guys just said that you will lose your life, but what you asked me to do now is the real failure. I don't want to spend the rest of my life in prison Get over it. Gentlemen, I've been clean for life and don't want to be stigmatized by threats from you two."

   "Gentlemen, if you have no better suggestions, then our conversation can stop here!"

  He raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and issued an order to evict the two of them.

   "Interesting, interesting!"

Zhong Shi stood up, buttoned up his suit, and said, "Mr. Monk, you are a very interesting person. If I remember correctly, your company was recently in the ****, National Bank of Canada , Boston Credit Bank pledged 20% of the stock, right?"

   After finishing speaking, he walked out without waiting for the other party to answer.

  As soon as he saw that Zhong Shi was about to leave, Paulson quickly stood up and walked out. He hasn't figured out how the situation developed like this, and the whole talk is coming to an end.

"and many more!"

  Peter Monk originally watched the two leave with a smile on his face, but Zhong Shi's words immediately changed his face, and he couldn't help asking in desperation, "Mr. Zhong, what exactly do you want to do?"

   "What do you want to do?"

Zhong Shi, who stopped at the sound, looked at the other party with burning eyes, and said unhurriedly, "Since you can't accept our opinion, then we have nothing to talk about. I'm just sorry to tell you that the money may It is used in some places. Now pray to God, I hope your company’s mining areas can operate safely, so that the stock price will not fall, and the pledged stocks will not collapse.”

   "Are you threatening me again?"

  Peter Monk said angrily, "If it was a temptation before, then it is a threat now. Tell me, what exactly do you want?"

   "How about what?"

Zhong Shi pretended to be puzzled and asked back, "I'm a responsible businessman, so I can't do anything. I can't do anything about problems that cannot be solved by business rules. But Mr. Monk, you'd better hope that your employees, your mining area Your country and even your warehouses are impenetrable, otherwise, if there is an accident in any link, the price will not be affordable for you now."

  From exploration to mining to refining and sales, the birth of a piece of gold has to go through so many processes. Barrick Gold is involved in all these links. That is to say, as long as there is a problem in any link, Barrick Gold Company will be affected.

Paulson also understood at this time, clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "That is indeed the truth. The world is so chaotic, no one knows when there will be a riot, maybe it will be a war. My God , This is really terrible!"

  The two sang and harmonized, and the coordination was perfect.

   "We can continue to discuss this issue!"

   His face was uncertain for a long while, Peter Munk finally had to bow his head again, and said in a soft tone, "Gentlemen, don't leave in a hurry. I don't think our conversation is over yet, is it?"

Thanks to the rise in gold prices since last year, Barrick Gold Corporation can be said to be thriving at present. The board of directors unanimously agreed to expand the scale of production. For this reason, they hired more workers and purchased more mining tools. Build a large production base in South America.

  All of this has increased Barrick Gold's outlay, for which they had to pledge a part of their equity to the bank in exchange for cash. Now the stall has just been rolled out, if the cash flow breaks, the consequences will be unimaginable.

  Thinking of this, Peter Munk had to bow his head. He could not fall in love with the stack, but he couldn't see the danger of Barrick Gold Company's collapse.

   Zhong Shi and Paulson looked at each other, and they both saw the joy in each other's eyes.

   "I can agree to your request, but I want 100 million dollars!"

After thinking for a long time, Peter Munk finally gritted his teeth and offered an astronomical figure, "Mechanical failure, half a month to two months, can guarantee the price of gold to rise during this period. In this way, you There is plenty of time to exhaust your cargo."

"I believe you two are very clear that my asking price is not absurd. You two should earn more than this figure, or even far more than this figure. And once the matter is revealed, I am afraid that the cost of the lawsuit will be more than this figure." .In addition, if the charges are really convicted, I think the amount of lawsuits and fines should be added, and this number should be enough.”

  In the end he chose to compromise, but just in case, he still offered Zhong Shi an astronomical sum.

   "$20 million, no more!"

Zhong Shi stretched out **** and gestured at the other party, "If you agreed to it before, maybe I would give this number. But now, I'm sorry, 100 million US dollars is too much. How about going to execute my plan B, I don't think it will exceed this number."

   "$80 million!"

With a bitter face, Peter Munk bargained, "I have released my sincerity. I believe that Mr. Zhong is also happy to facilitate this transaction, isn't he? The price of 20 million US dollars is really a little less, I think 8000 $10,000 would be an appropriate number."

   "Why don't everyone take a step back, $50 million!"

Zhong Shi stared at each other for a while, then suddenly smiled, and gave a final figure, "Compared with those low-handed methods, I prefer to use aboveboard methods to solve problems, this is the correct way to solve problems .”

   "This is the right way to solve the problem..."

Peter Munk recited this sentence twice, and finally shook his head and smiled wryly, "Although I don't know what you are going to do, but I am advising you as an elder, the way you do things will sooner or later something happened."

  Even though he said so, his hand still stretched out and held Zhong Shi's hand tightly.

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