"Iridium announced a strategic cooperation agreement with AT&T by swapping shares, and AT&T announced that it would no longer develop network plans and instead join Iridium's optical network program," Bloomberg News "Iridium has announced that it will provide services for the AWG's Supercomputing Center Connectivity Project, with the first fiber optic line connecting all universities in the New York and Boston areas, followed by California on the West Coast," Bloomberg News said "NASA and Iridium have jointly announced that the first test-proof communications satellite will be launched before the end of the year, and if all goes well, Iridium plans to launch all 77 communications satellites into the scheduled orbit next year," Bloomberg News In the days that followed, Iridium became almost Bloomberg News' largest source of financial news.
After AT&T and Iridium joined forces, a global telecommunications company came into being, and human communication is about to enter the satellite age.
And Eva has become a representative of the American technology business community.
Even Microsoft's board of directors is debating whether Eva should be given a more important role at Microsoft than just as a financial investor.
But all this is just a name for Eva, and after this hard time, Eva has grown a lot.
It's all thanks to Mr.
Peterson's words and deeds, and talents like Peterson and Schwartzman, Eva and Seryosha can't be missed, so when the collaboration between Yota and Blackstone came to an end.
Eva introduced Mikhail, the president of Bank of Colombia, to Blackstone to discuss an investment.
"Mr.
Peterson, Mr.
Schwartzman, I admire the ability and talent of both of them, and I think it is a pity that with the level of Blackstone's business, it is only limited to the consulting business, and I wonder if they are willing to accept the investment of Bank of Colombia," Mikhail asked humbly and earnestly.
"You want to invest in Blackstone, I don't know how much you plan to invest, how much you want to take a stake," Schwartzman asked rhetorically.
"We want to buy 80 percent of Blackstone's shares out of two billion dollars, I don't know what you two think," Mikhail replied cautiously, adding that Seryosha was determined to win the acquisition, because Blackstone would become a large investment bank comparable to Goldman Sachs in the future, and their clients would not only be the top wealthy in the United States, but also Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek, the Saudi Kingdom's sovereign fund, and the Chinese government's sovereign fund.
All of this is happening in the next 30 years.
"Mikhail, I think you should know that Wall Street investment firms like ours are very different from most traditional manufacturing companies, and our most important asset is actually the company's people.
This is actually very similar to the outside lawyer partner company, the evaluation of the quality of a law firm must not be measured from his financial statements, the key is to see who the lawyer of this law firm is, Blackstone is not unwelcome new investors, but we hope that investors do not interfere too much in the normal operation of the company" Peterson is willing to accept investment from his own point of view, but the Bank of Columbia asked for too many shares, once he accepted the money, he helped the Bank of Columbia to work small, Losing control of the company is a big problem.
"Mr.
Peterson, I fully understand your concerns, out of trust and respect for the two gentlemen, we can change the way of cooperation, we use the AB share dual share system and the partnership system to cooperate, the two gentlemen can hold more Class B shares with high voting rights, and the partnership system can also ensure that if there are more capable employees in the future, he can be promoted to suitable positions" Mikhail's condition is the result of Seryosha's careful consideration, Seryosha knew that all of Blackstone's value was now focused on Peterson and Schwartzman, and that as long as they stayed at Blackstone, Blackstone would have an unlimited future.
In order to retain these two talents, but also to take into account the interests of Seryosha, so Seryosha chose the equity structure of AB shares, the so-called AB shares means that the company issued two different shares, although the value is the same, but B shares have higher voting rights than A shares, so that when there is a conflict within the company for a certain issue, Schwartzman and Peterson have less shares of shares, but they will not suffer in voting rights.
The partnership system is another way to retain talent, which is usually popular among investment firms, law firms and accounting firms on Wall Street, if an employee is promoted to the position of partner because of his outstanding ability, he can share in the company's dividends without owning shares, and this right is only available to shareholders in ordinary companies.
"Mr.
Mikhail, your proposal is very generous, I am personally willing to accept your investment" Peterson felt full of sincerity from Mikhail's proposal, Peterson is a figure who is used to seeing big scenes, and naturally will not be satisfied with just Blackstone's current petty fight.
And accepting the investment from the Bank of Colombia means that Blackstone has a strong capital backing, and they can do things that they couldn't do in the past.
Two billion dollars may not be a shocking investment on Wall Street, but for most companies in the United States, it can solve a lot of problems.
Peterson looked at Schwartzman, who was sitting next to him, and blinked his eyes secretly, with a satisfied smile on the corner of his mouth.
"I'm willing to accept your investment," Schwartzman said quickly.
Okay, since neither of you has any opinions, even if our cooperation is decided, I will find a lawyer to negotiate the contract with Blackstone as soon as possible, so I look forward to a happy cooperation between us.
"Happy cooperation" Mikhail got up and shook hands with Schwartzman and Peterson, and the two sent Mikhail downstairs until he turned around and replied.
At this moment, the voices of the two partners suddenly shouted in this small company.
The employees in the company didn't know what was going on, and the two partners were so abnormal.
"Peterson, tell me it's two billion," Schwartzman exclaimed excitedly.
"yes, two billion indeed, Schwartzman, I think we should move to a different location, what do you think of going to Rockefeller Center," Peterson said happily.
"Peterson, I still like the Empire State Building, the restaurants around there are delicious," Schwarzman objected.
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