Chapter 652 This Has Nothing to Do with the Profession

Ron Perelman absently looked out the window of the black car through the busy studio area of ​​Firefly Studios, pondering what might happen next. The car stopped under the office building in the administrative area of ​​the studio, the driver opened the car door, and Ron Perelman just got out of the car when he saw three people standing not far away, surrounded by men and women in suits and professional suits The youth in the central white shirt is particularly conspicuous.

"We finally met, Mr. Perelman," Eric smiled and shook hands with Ron Perelman who came over, and then introduced: "This is Mr. Frank Wells, President of Firefly Group. , this lady is my personal assistant, Miss Kelly Haynes."

From Eric's well-placed demeanor, Ron Perelman realized almost immediately a familiar 'good cop and bad cop' trope that Jeffrey Katzenberg had undoubtedly played before. The 'bad cop', but even realizing this little trick, made Ron Perelman feel a lot better in comparison to the contrasts he had encountered the previous week.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Williams," Ron Perelman shook hands with Eric, Frank, and Kelly, with barely a hint of warmth in his voice.

After introducing each other, Eric said: "I think you must not have time to have lunch. There is a small restaurant here."

Of course Ron Perelman did not refuse, and brought his assistant and Eric to the restaurant where Eric often dined in the studio.

After all, the two sides had just experienced a conflict, and the simple lunch only eliminated some of the embarrassment between them, and it was impossible to really warm up after all.

After instructing the waiter to remove the utensils and put on coffee, Eric finally brought up the business and said, "Ron. Since you want to talk to me in person, then, for Marvel, I think you must already have your own solution, right?"

With a bit of bitterness in his heart again, Ron Perelman still nodded: "Yes. Eric," After saying this, Ron Perelman hesitated for a moment unwillingly, but after all Somewhat sullenly, he continued: "I basically agree with Firefly Group's debt-to-equity swap strategy, but there is one thing, regarding the compensation to shareholders of Marvel's tradable shares, Firefly ≈∵style_txt; the Firefly Group is solely responsible, mine The bottom line is just to take out the Marvel shares in your hands."

Eric has absolutely none of Katzenberg's quick temper. Still calmly said: "But it's too unfair for Firefly. We are a weaker creditor than Marvel shareholders. If this loss is borne by Firefly, our loss will expand again."

While there's nothing logically wrong with Eric's words, Ron Perelman still finds it absurd to connect the words 'firefly' and 'vulnerable' anyway:" gram,

I know you absolutely value Marvel a lot. Its value will be far beyond anyone's expectations. Since I lost completely this time, I don't plan to continue to hold on to anything now. The condition just now is my final bottom line. "

Eric pondered and looked at Kelly next to him: "How much does it cost to redeem all the Marvel shares in the market?"

Kelly almost wanted to throw a blank eye on the pretentious Eric, but she simply replied: "Recently, Marvel's stock price has fluctuated a lot, but according to the average stock price of the past seven days, I want to recover all the comics in the market. VC shares. It needs about $72 million.”

"$72 million, that's not a lot of money," Eric turned to Ron Perelman, ignoring the secret joy that flashed in the other's eyes, and changed the subject. Said: "According to the current situation of Marvel, if there is no firefly to intervene, Marvel will have to take the initiative to file for bankruptcy protection in the federal court for a maximum of one year. I guess at that time, Andrews Holdings wanted to solve this trouble. , it’s definitely not something $72 million can handle.”

From Eric's tone just now, Ron Perelman thought he was going to take on this expense, and was a little fortunate. Hearing Eric's next words, he was disappointed and tried to lie: "Eric, my company has no funds. I think you definitely don't want this matter to continue, don't you?"

Eric shook his head and said: "No, you have funds in your hand, and everyone knows that you bought $400 million in firefly bonds. I guess the long-term holding strategy is not in line with your investment creed, then Firefly can advance You can take back all or part of the bonds in your hands. Of course, Firefly will never undercut the price like Wall Street investors, and we can redeem it at par value.”

Ron Perelman didn't expect that Eric would even know about the fact that his peers took the opportunity to lower the price. Although there was no change on the surface, he still cursed a few times in his heart. Eric is right, he had no idea of ​​holding Firefly bonds for a long time. He originally planned to keep only some of the bonds to maintain his creditor status after he got the firefly board seat, and sell all the others.

With the popularity of the long-term bonds of the Firefly Group, even if they are only held for a few months, they can earn a difference of several million dollars between hands. $22 million in interest dividends.

Eric's seemingly very kind redemption plan at the original price will still cost him at least several million dollars.

Noticing Ron Perelman's tangled look, Eric didn't rush. He seemed to remember something, and whispered to Frank Wells beside him.

Ron Perelman was really entangled in his heart at this time. He suddenly found that, after going around in circles, he still had to accept the first solution proposed by Katzenberg more than a week ago. The only difference may be that Eric's approach to the matter is very gentle, without Katzenberg's aggressiveness.

But what's that, Ron Perelman himself wouldn't mind smiling at the person he hated the most if he could make a lot of dollars.

Feeling what Eric and Frank Wells had talked about, and looking at himself again, Ron Perelman knew that he had no other choice, so he had to say: "Eric, only $72 million, If Marvel's stock price goes up next, I won't pay another penny."

Eric nodded and didn't care about these small details. He believed that Ron Perelman would not be stupid enough to continue tossing anything, and said, "No problem."

Ron Perelman thought for a while, and then immediately added: "Also, I hope Firefly can change someone to be in charge of this."

"This is also what I meant to bring Frank here," Eric smiled and pointed to Frank Wells beside him: "Frank will be fully responsible for this matter, then the two of you can talk first. , I still have work to do, sorry."

After saying goodbye to Frank Wells and Ron Perelman, Eric, who led Kelly to the Victoria's Secret studio, noticed the female assistant's frequent glances at him, and said with a smile, "Just say whatever you want to say. already?"

"No, it just feels like the way you deal with this matter is completely like a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, and it's not right..." Kelly shook her head and said, "You seem to be like this all the time, it's so strange. , I rarely see your youthful side."

Eric looked around, got closer to the female assistant, and said in a low voice, "How about adding a night shift tonight, so that you can see my 'young' side."

Kelly pushed Eric away with a blushing face and said, "I promised Nina to have dinner together. Go and provoke those little models in the studio. They will definitely be willing to do so."

Eric shook his head and said: "I don't usually have anything to do with my heroine," Eric explained embarrassingly when he saw Kelly cast a contemptuous look: "At least not during the filming of the movie. ,This is real."

"I didn't expect you to be quite professional," Kelly teased with a smile.

"This has nothing to do with the profession," Eric shook his head: "You know, I'm generally a very considerate person. If the heroine slept next to me last night, if she acts on the set the next day If it’s not good, it will be difficult for me to scold without any scruples, and this feeling of wanting to attack but not being able to do so is actually very uncomfortable.”

Kelly gave Eric a charming glance, with a bit of coquettish anger in her tone: "Okay, I take back what I just said, you are a violent bastard."

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*(To be continued.)

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