当仓里满一伙在李云鹤家作天作地的时候,在万豪酒店会的议室里,Williams已经难以支撑了。他瘫坐在椅子里,手里摆弄着一支笔——时差袭来,难以抵挡。
Johnny正在笔记本上拼命写着什么。高明紧张地摆弄着电脑,貌似在找什么资料。
这时Williams软软地问了一句:
“So, do you know why I’m here tonight, Ming?(那么,你知道我为什么今晚在这里吗,高明?)”
Johnny从笔记本里抬起头来。高明干脆地回答:
“Like what I said, I dido be here in Shanghai tonight. If I make a lousy guess, I think you will have to fly bae very soon, prht after y with me, and Johnny tonight.(我说过了,我没有想到今晚你会在上海。我只是乱猜啊,我想你可能今晚和我还有Johnny开完会后就得马上飞回家。)”
Williams突然坐直了身子,看着高明。看起来他好不容易做了个决定。他说:
“Good. I think you have good sense of business, Ming. Alright, me be frank with you.(很好!我觉得你有很好的商业嗅觉。好吧,现在就让我坦率地告诉你。)”
高明的双手离开了电脑。他侧头看了看Johnny,发现他也是一脸茫然的样子。高明把身子往椅背上一靠,看着Williams——老头子终于要出牌了!
Williams喝了一大口水。然后很慢很慢地拧紧瓶盖——他在思考怎么开口。终于——
“Last week, I spoke to the shareholders at our quarterly earning's call. You k. On the e iors asked about ot o many times.(上周,我在我们的季度股东电话会议上讲话。你知道的。在电话会议上,有些投资者问起中国的生意。不是一次,而是好几次问起。)”
“Is it because of our successful a of Australia's distributor last year?(这是不是因为去年我们很成功地收购了澳大利亚的经销商?)”高明知道老头子要进入正题了。
Williams笑了。他转向Johnny。Johnny也笑了。
“What did I tell you Johnny? Ming has good sense of business. I like it.(我刚才和你说什么来着,Johnny?高明有很好的商业嗅觉。我喜欢这样。)”
“You were deadly right!(你刚才说得对极了!)”Johnny笑着附和。Williams对着高明继续说:
“You know why oes up? Bevestors thiure. After all, stoothing but future. Or, to be more exactly, the iors’ belief of our future. In other words, we have to have a good story about our future to make our share price keep going up.(你知道为什么我们的股价会上升吗?因为投资者认为我们有好的将来。毕竟,股票什么都不是,就是投资将来。或者,更准确地说,就是因为投资者相信我们的将来,我们的股价才会升。)”
“I remember last year, you told the ireat story about the a of Australia's distributor ’s call. The same day, our share price 10%. Great job, Williams!(我记得去年你在投资者电话会议上和大家说了一个很好的关于收购澳大利亚经销商的故事。同一天,我们的股票上就涨了10%!干得好,Williams!)”搞什么!叽叽歪歪半天还不进入主题——高明嘴上应付着,心里却嘀咕着。老头子却貌似并不着急。
“Yht, Ming! Now, a! Australia is not a big market. Australia is not as attractive as those basters' eyes. Sorry, I meaors and,(对的,高明!现在,我们说中国!澳大利亚的市场不大。在那些混蛋的眼里,澳大利亚并不像中国一样有吸引力。对不起,我是说那些投资者,和)”他突然轻声地,“the board!(董事局!)”
Johnny突然哈哈大笑起来——Williams也会说粗话!高明没笑,而是说:
“The Qian Ma! It's that simple, is Qian Ma this year so that you have aory, eveo tell the iors ahen instantly, our share price will surge, probably this time, 20%!(那就收购千马啦!这很容易,对吧?今年我们买下千马,你就可以在投资者和董事局面前说另一个精彩,也许是更精彩的故事。然后一瞬间,我们的股价直线上升,这次可能升20%!)”此言一出高明就已经输了开局,因为他过早地亮出了底牌——在老头子面前他毕竟还是嫩了不是一个级别。不过他实在等不及了。
果然,Williams的脸沉了下来。他看着高明,沉默了一会儿,然后带着怒气说道:
“You're not tellih. You’re deliberately misleading me as we all know that Qian Ma a will not be easy in any d y it is simple!?(你没有说真话!你在故意误导我!我们都知道收购千马在任何情况下都不可能是容易的事,而你还在说那是一件简单的事!)”他站起身子探向高明,“Let me tell you this, Ming! I’m flying out Shanghai in 3 hours. I’m net your help to make a plahe b, a solid plan about Qian Ma a, t in two days! If you don’t help, I just leave. You think I am stupid? No, I’m not! You tell me e talk. Do you uand now?(让我把话挑明了,高明!再过三个小时我就要飞离上海了。我现在是在征求你的帮助,帮助我做一个计划,一个有实际意义的关于收购千马的计划让我给董事会讲。两天后我们就要开董事局会议了。如果你不肯帮助,那我就走。你以为我是傻瓜?不,我不是!告诉我你想怎么样,我们还可以聊。现在,你明白了没有?)”
Johnny决定走煽情路线:“Mi on you because we believe you're the one who knows a best.(高明,我们指望你是因为我们相信你是最了解中国的那个人。)”
Williams听罢,没好气地盯着正说话的Johnny,毫不客气地怼了一句:
“Cut the crap, will you?(别说废话了可以吗?)”
说着,他气呼呼地又喝了一大口水。Johnny讨了个没趣,摇着头起身走出了会议室。
Williams马上说:“To be ho, I don't care if you speak to me dire anything about Qian Ma. Anything!(说实话,我倒并不介意你和我直接谈关于千马的任何事情。什么都行!)”
高明笑了笑,没有接茬。他心里在嘀咕,这就要把Johnny踢出局?我高明可不傻。
“I have a deal. I will discuss with you and Johnny after Jos back.(我有一个要求。等Johnny回来后我和你们谈。)”
Williams看着高明,点了点头——这小子不傻,没有上当。然后他站起来伸着懒腰说:
“Long day! By the way, Ming, how is your team? Eric? He’s good?(这一天!对了,高明,你的团队怎么样?Eric呢?他好吗?)”
高明说:“Eriot good. I want him out.(Eric不好。我要他出局。)”
Williams一惊:“What?(啊?!)”
正在这时,Johnny推门而入。Williams入座。他等着高明出牌。高明继续说:
“This is my deal. First of all, I will help Tea Hall collece that Qian Ma is not pliah Fow this is the poi rid of Qian Ma. I know it, and I know it that you ’t say it openly to me, even in this room. That’s asted a great deal of time tonight. You just ot say it!(这是我的要求。首先,我会帮助‘天和’收集千马没有遵守FCPA的证据。我知道这是把千马踢出局的关键。我知道的。我还知道你不能和我明说,即使在这个屋子里你也不能说。那就是为什么我们今晚浪费了那么多时间。你,就是不能说!)”
Williams直直地看着高明。此时他不能有任何表示——他是个老手。沉默!此刻必须沉默!