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Chapter 353: The Spider's Web Named Smith(2/3)

Abel was calling someone just now, and there were two more naked mermaids here.

They didn't dare to come over, and no one answered Buffett's call.

"Oh, I took my phone into the bathroom just now. I was taking a shower and didn't notice it. What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

"Why are you taking a bath at this time? You are so weird. I am calling you to tell you that I have a way to get about 20% of California Pacific Electric's shares. Do you want it?"

"oh?"

Abel took his mobile phone and came to another recliner.

To his left is Nicole Kidman, who has regained some of her energy.

Seeing him approaching, the Australian beauty showed a satisfied and flattering expression on her face.

As he passed by, he smiled and touched her smooth face.

She is very cooperative and a very obedient toy.

Just as proactive as Liv.

Then he lay down on the couch next to Nicole, took the phone and said to Buffett:

"Where did it come from? Purchased on the stock market? Or maybe it belongs to Jeffes and the others?"

California Pacific Electric was an energy company that Abel acquired at the same time when it acquired Sempra Energy.

It and Sempra Energy at the time, which is now Pacific Energy, were the second largest local power supply and natural gas giants in California.

Together, these two companies can affect the lives of more than half of the people in California.

The difference is that Abel privatized Sempra Energy at that time and restructured it into what is now Pacific Energy.

As for California Pacific Electric, Abel purchased only 50% of the shares at that time and became its largest shareholder and chairman.

Later, because the stock price rose too high and there was already a similar Pacific Energy, he stopped taking action on California Pacific Electric.

Mainly because at that time, many people thought that he already held 50% of the shares.

California Pacific Electric should also be privatized in the future.

Those people all wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune and kept buying up its shares, raising the price at that time very high.

Abel never liked being taken advantage of. Even if he had the strength, he would not be taken advantage of.

This matter will be settled.

According to what Buffett is saying now, some major shareholders of California Pacific Electric want to sell their shares.

"It's Jeff and the others. They are also investors of Berkshire Hathaway. They came to me and hoped to sell you those stocks at a suitable price."

Because Abel had no intention of shying away from it.

Next to her, Nicole Kidman stood up.

The white towel opened on its own.

She was also secretly listening to his conversation with Buffett.

Of course, she is not a business person after all.

For a moment, I couldn’t tell that “Warren” was Buffett.

But she also knew that this should be another big business.

Just like Abel yesterday, he asked people to buy the company Hasbro.

The U.S. stock market is closed today, but there is news about Hollywood today.

There has already been news that Smith Media Group plans to acquire Hasbro Toys for US$995 million.

As soon as this news came out, the happiest people were probably Hasbro shareholders.

The most unhappy one will definitely be Disney.

The reason is that Disney has reached cooperation with Hasbro in many aspects last year.

Hasbro licenses Disney to use many of their toy images and copyrights.

But if Hasbro is acquired by Smith Media, this authorization will definitely be taken back by Smith Media.

There are already rumors that Disney will also intervene in this acquisition and snatch Hasbro toys together with Smith Media.

This incident immediately became big news in Hollywood.

And the main core of such super big news happened right next to me.

This gave Nicole Kidman a sense of accomplishment in participating in a "historic event."

"What about the price? I won't agree if it's too expensive. You know who I am. I'm not afraid of buying expensive things, and I'm willing to spend money. But I don't like others making money on me. It feels very bad."

"You vampire, capitalist! Well, they said, just follow the current market price." Buffett complained.

The stock god doesn't want to think about how much better he can be.

According to current market price

Abel did the math.

California Pacific Electric's current stock market value is approximately US$40 billion.

This price is much higher than Abel's purchase at that time.

It is also slightly more expensive than when California Pacific Electric's stock price peaked at $38 billion last year.

But this is an acceptable price.

Compared with the original Sempra Energy, California Pacific Electric's assets are of higher quality and have more users.

This can be seen from the fact that it has more than 5,000 more employees than Pacific Energy.

A company will never hire redundant employees unless it is profitable.

The key is that if you get this 20% stake, Abel's stake in California Pacific Electric will exceed 67%.

exceed this line.

Then Abel can start a new round of privatization.

Completely turning California Pacific Electric into his private company.

In this way, the energy carriage of his troika will be announced immediately.

Thinking of this, Abel held the mobile phone in one hand and unconsciously reached out to Nicole Kidman with the other hand.

"That's eight billion dollars? That's a big deal."

"That's eight billion dollars. Do you want it? If so, I'll let them contact you."

When Abel heard the figure of eight billion US dollars, he didn't have any reaction.

But Nicole just felt like her heart was broken.

Transactions of US$800 or US$8 billion are common.

She felt that just scraping off a little bit of skin would be enough to make her life worry-free.

But transactions like this and amounts of money seemed to happen around Abel every day.

Compared with Abel, Nicole only felt that her ex-husband was like a little ant in the soil.

"How many people are there?" Abel asked.

"19 people, the total should be... let me take a look. 20.56% of the stock."

"Tell them I bought these stocks."

"Ha, okay. But do you really want to privatize California Pacific Electric?"

"Of course. I think there is only one energy company in the United States called Pacific. They are all still in California, and business integration is very easy."

"Okay. Congratulations. As long as you successfully privatize it and merge these two companies, you will immediately have one of the top three public utility energy companies in the United States." Buffett congratulated him.

"Would you like to invest one share?"

After Abel said this, Buffett hesitated a little.

“How open are you willing to be?”

"5%-8%%, in exchange for original shares of the same value in Berkshire Hathaway."

Buffett was silent again. After a few seconds, the old guy whispered:

"Okay. I'll let someone talk to you about the specific details."

"OK~" Abel said with a smile.

This is the second collaboration between the two outside of Smith Capital.

Once this is achieved, it will also mean that his relationship with Buffett will become closer.

If this cross-shareholding happens a few more times, the two parties will be completely bound.

Those large consortiums and chaebols basically do this.
To be continued...
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