Before Christmas, on December 20, the nomination for the Golden Globes was announced, the acquisition of Warner Lambert by Pfizer, which had been secretly negotiated for more than a month, was officially finalized.

The two parties reached an agreement that Pfizer will acquire the pharmaceutical giant for $97 billion and assume all of Warner Lambert's debts. Including the agreement, Pfizer's market value at the close of $165.5 billion, the total value of the transaction reached $262.5 billion, just surpassing the $257 billion acquisition of Exxon's acquisition of Mobil last year. If the merger can be completed, it will undoubtedly become the largest merger case in history.

At the same time, the brand new Pfizer will also become the world's largest pharmaceutical giant.

Both sides specially chose the time node before Christmas to announce the news, and the millennium that is about to come, both intentionally. However, the announcement of the news caused widespread heated discussion in the media, and their attitudes were clearly divided into two factions, agreeing and opposing.

In fact, everything seems to be in favor and oppose.

However, this time, it was mainly because of the Westeros system's deliberate guidance that such an effect could be achieved. Otherwise, for such a super merger, most of them would be opposed, and it might even lead to the miscarriage of the merger.

Furthermore, after careful public opinion operation, the Westeros system basically took itself out of it. Even the Apollo Management Company, a subsidiary of Cersei Capital, which is responsible for coordination, does not have a high presence in this merger and acquisition case, mainly because of the emergence of the management of both Pfizer and Warner Lambert.

There are also twists and turns.

The Mellon family, who was once the largest shareholder of Warner Lambert, tried to expose the matter in the US Congress and successfully lobbled for a member of the House of Representatives who had always been in the House of Representatives. The proposals were already planned. The news came here, and the stock price of the American Aluminum Company, which was temporarily under control, fell sharply. With the financial scandal of a spokesperson director of the Mellon family in the US Aluminum Company, the IRS began to get involved in investigating the tax evasion issues that American Aluminum Company may be involved.

IRS, how can I not appear in this situation?

In addition, the insider trading evidence of a member of the Mellon family who was secretly absorbed by Warner Lambert some time ago was also sent directly to the Mellon family, and an executive who informed him by Warner Lambert.

As long as the matter is confirmed, the Mellon family will be discredited because of the member's illegal transactions.

Simon got this handle very early and was waiting for this day.

In addition, Congress put pressure on the MP and some exchange of interests, trying to prevent Pfizer's antitrust proposal against Warner Lambert from eventually leaving nothing.

Simon didn't plan to chase and fight again.

It’s not good to be anxious and jump to the wall.

In general, the whole thing is the result of the Westeros system becoming more and more familiar with the operating rules of the American political and economic system.

In business, if you want to make trouble for me, I can catch your handle. If you don’t compromise, both sides will suffer. Politically, it’s nothing more than compromise and exchange. Except for the very few minorities who completely ignore personal interests and really want to serve the voters, of course, it’s rare. Moreover, as soon as you enter the world and enter the politician circle, most of them will gradually assimilate. Even if you are not kicked out of the circle, it will definitely be a marginalized end. In the final analysis, the first thing you have to do is to maintain your own political status. If you can give enough conditions to help politicians ensure something, then you are God.

Of course, God's priority exceeds that of the elect.

Of course, the premise is to have enough strength to play with the rules. If you don’t have enough strength, you will eventually become a joke.

New York.

Westeros headquarters in Midtown Manhattan.

After the lively Christmas, it is a new week in a blink of an eye, it is Tuesday, December 28th.

Simon and his wife came here together today to attend a year-end meeting of Westeros. In addition to James Rebel, who is in charge of Westeros, there are also three giants of Cersei Capital.

The main content of this conference is also related to a series of investments next year.

First of all, there are several merger projects being promoted.

Pfizer's merger and acquisition of Warner Lambert will basically not have too many surprises. Moreover, although it is a complete share exchange acquisition, during the transaction, Apollo Management will still acquire a batch of shares through cash purchases. In addition, Black Rock's continued absorption, and when the transaction is completed, Westeros, Apollo Management and Black Rock Asset Management, the total share of the new company's shares will reach about 15%, of which Westeros' headquarters holds 8%, Apollo is about 2%, and Black Rock Asset Management is 5%.

For a Volkswagen-owned company with a scattered equity, 15% of the shares, plus the salary to management, is basically equivalent to turning Pfizer into its own.

In addition, Scooper's acquisition of Qualcomm was also quietly launched in the middle of this month.

Things won't be too big of a surprise either.

As for next year, it is mainly the large amount of assets obtained from the stock exchange plan this year.

December is about to pass, and the last replacement projects have been completely finalized recently. In 1999, the Westeros system achieved a total replacement scale of US$237 billion, of which non-cash assets such as stocks, minerals, real estate, etc. were approximately US$172 billion, and cash and gold equivalents were US$65 billion.

Among the total assets of US$237 billion, the largest one came from Asia, and the final amount was US$53 billion, of which nearly 30 billion came from the same country in Asia, Indonesia. In addition, this part of Asia has the highest cash ratio, reaching US$21 billion, and the remaining assets are also the most diverse.

Among them, Simon is only one of the real estate and real estate that is more interested in. In Asia, it is only distributed in more than 30-story buildings in Asian metropolis such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, etc. There are 21 buildings in total, including office apartments, and there are as many as 7 plantations, mainly in South Asia, with a total area of ​​27,000 hectares. The planting types include rice, sugar cane, rubber, coffee, etc.

In short, Simon is enough to easily open a copy like South Asian landlord.

Moreover, these assets are largely sold out, with an average discount of around 60% to 70% off, and many of them are cut in half. Therefore, 53 billion US dollars is just a book. If you calculate the complete value, even if it still includes the small floating US$21 billion in cash, the total value can be about 70 billion US dollars.

A big reason why some people abandon these assets is completely losing their sense of security, but these are not a problem for Simon.

If anyone dares to make an unscrupulous thought, unlike the original owner who can only let mermaid meat, Simon can not only easily operate the US government to impose sanctions, but even transfer an aircraft carrier battle group to put pressure on the past is not a problem. If you play black, it is better, your own gangs and private troops, and even deeper intelligence networks, are enough to play some people until they are alive and dead.

The content of this meeting was to set up a special asset management team for this asset category.

What can be completely controlled must of course be completely controlled by one's own hands.

What cannot be completely controlled is mainly that some small amount of stock exchange companies have to send special contact management teams. The main goal of the next operation is penetration. In the original agreement, the Westeros system did not show much intention to control some small amount of stock exchanges, and the condition is that the other party cannot point fingers at the companies that have obtained shares here.

However, since the stocks are in hand, what should be done is another matter.

Of course, Simon would not let the people below intervene. If he can join the board of directors or arrange management in a legitimate way, then it would be legitimate. If he cannot be legitimate, then use some less legitimate methods, first of all, and infiltrate some board members or corporate executives, and do it step by step.

The same thing is said, what can be controlled in one's own hands is one's own, and it is the asset that can be transformed into social power.

If not, it's just a sum of money.

What Simon is pursuing now is not just simple asset growth. After all, there are hundreds of billions of dollars on the books. If power does not increase, it will be meaningless and may even become a fat sheep.

As for whether doing so will cause a rebound?

meeting.

However, since we have planned to suspend next year, Simon has always believed that human nature is forgetful.

Humans never remember lessons.

Only remember sweet dates.

The second place is the United States, with $39 billion.

After all, the United States has the deepest heritage. However, relatively speaking, the second-ranked $39 billion assets are also the most scattered. There are only six replacement projects with a scale of more than $1 billion, most of which are transactions of hundreds of millions, tens of millions or even millions. Moreover, obviously for tax avoidance, this part has the lowest cash ratio, with less than $6 billion, and most of them are share exchange operations that can be tax-reduced.

There is nothing to say about this asset. Most of it is just assets, mainly from many public funds. It is obvious that when technology stocks take off again, they have carried out position change operations.

Of course, if you sort it out, there will definitely be room for operation.

The goal here is to conduct in-depth research and review and select companies for further operation. The first goal is not to consider the value-added level, but to the political level.

For example, is there any of the companies that are important funders of a member of Congress in a certain constituency, or which company is a labor-intensive enterprise that controls many workers with voting rights? If the company is still in the swing cities of swing counties in some swing states, it is even more valuable.

In short, when the Westeros system needs it, such as in Washington, it needs to have enough chips to shut up a member of parliament who wants to cause trouble, or to let a member of parliament who is unwilling to shut up.

If you don't shut up, you may lose the biggest funder in your constituency.

If you don't step down and you read hundreds or thousands of workers in your constituency may lose their jobs, then even if you understand that you are fighting for them, they will only let you step down.

This is how to play.

Outside the United States, the third part, comes from the Middle East, with $32 billion.

After all, it's too rich.

Moreover, if someone thinks that the princes in the Middle East only know how to rush to get an eagle and walk a bird, they underestimate each other. The oil-producing countries there still attach great importance to diversified investments for the future. However, it is often difficult for investors in the Middle East to gain too much voice in their investment targets.

Of course, the Westeros system will not give up any right to speak. Even if stocks with a total value of more than US$32 billion are given up, if someone thinks they can speak here, then there is no problem, you can sell it casually.

Therefore, this is just a deal.

The Westeros system has no demands on the Middle East, and there is no way to get any extra things from here.

In fact, it can be seen from the transaction content.

In this exchange, in addition to about 8 billion US dollars in cash, most of the assets are the stocks of many large companies outside the Middle East. As for the oil fields in the Middle East, some people want to sell them, but they are not interested here. After all, it is impossible to get too big or too high-quality oil fields. It is not enough to make a small deal.

As for the others, there is nothing else in the Middle East.

Simonko is not interested in sand, and it is not river sand.

The fourth part comes from Europe, to be precise, Western Europe, similar to the Middle East, about US$31 billion.

Western Europe is of course very rich, so $13 billion is cash.

Furthermore, one of the important reasons is that Simon is not very interested in most companies in Western Europe. After all, the trend of industrial transfer in Europe is no less than that in North America, which means that most real industries are gradually declining. If these companies cannot gain further control, they will have to decline and decline together.

Therefore, in Europe, it is similar to the United States, or the Middle East.

Because Simon does not have strong political demands for Western European countries for the time being, he will not pursue operations similar to those of the United States. Of course, it is not without them, but it is not anxious, so he will do it step by step.

Simon actually has a certain Cisco for the future of Western Europe.

The best result is that in the next fifty years, Western Europe will be able to fall into the same situation as Latin America, and will completely lose its vitality together with the current Eastern European brothers and brothers in distress.

According to some information in memory, this possibility is actually very high.

To put it just one thing, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the entire Eastern Europe was actually equivalent to China's reform and opening up. China's opening up later proved that the United States, the one who benefited the most was the United States. Eastern Europe should have been an opportunity for Western Europe. If Western European countries can make smooth use of it, activate the Eastern European economy through large-scale investment, and even be bolder to truly accept Russia into the European system, then the entire Europe will not only have at least 30 years of further development momentum, but will also directly have a strong military system that can compete with the United States.

However, the reality is that to further absorb Russia, Western European countries have not even achieved a certain goal of the second-class one.

This lack of success can even be said to be destined to the future of Europe.

As for why Europe could barely keep up with the United States and China, it was not quickly lost in the twenty years after the millennium, and it was ultimately due to Eastern Europe. A large number of cheap labor from Eastern Europe did not need to consume high social welfare in Western Europe, making up for the shortcomings of insufficient labor in low-end industries in Western Europe. Not only that, like China, Eastern Europe, like China, is not only the dumping market for high-value-added products in Western Europe, but also contributes a large number of cheap goods to Western Europe.

This delayed the decline of Western Europe by another twenty years.

Then, as Eastern Europe began to develop in a little bit, the cheap dividends of Eastern Europe's population and commodity have passed, and China no longer allows the Western world to seek it. The entire social level is already a lazy Western Europe, and I want to continue... I have tried to attract the same cheap Middle Eastern refugees. However, the subsequent results are undoubtedly disastrous, so there will be no more.

In fact, twenty years later, the whole world basically faced a certain problem.

The solution is actually very simple. Human beings can work together to make another fundamental scientific and technological revolution, realize controlled nuclear fusion, and realize large-scale application of solar energy that is sufficient to meet the entire social level. To put it bluntly, it is a fundamental increase in productivity. There is no need to worry about the shortage of energy and material. It can achieve the automation of production to the greatest extent, and human beings will also enter a new era.

The Westeros system's 3G plan is exactly this goal.

As for the original timeline, Simon felt that humans would probably experience another unforgettable catastrophe. If they were lucky enough to have not self-destructed by the nuclear war, they would probably make up their minds to go further.

However, this is not really what humans are good at.

Just like the history of countless reincarnations, human beings are still better at self-destruction. No matter which continent or race, a fierce war will occur. There will be enough deaths for people, and the remaining resources will naturally be enough for the remaining people to use.
Chapter completed!