Masayoshi Son, the defiant founder of SoftBank, admitted he had turned a “blind eye” to governance lapses at WeWork but vowed to revive the crisis-hit group after disclosing a $4.6bn writedown on the Japanese company’s investment in it.
软银的创始人MS承认他在WeWork上的治理失误采取了视而不见，但是在日本公司在其中的投资减记46亿美元后他发誓拯救这个经济受损的集团。
口气强硬的软银(SoftBank)创始人孙正义(Masayoshi Son)承认，他曾对WeWork在公司治理方面的疏失视若不见，但在披露这家日本公司减记46亿美元对WeWork投资后，他誓言要重振这家陷入危机的集团。
The dismal results on Wednesday came two weeks after SoftBank agreed a $9.5bn package to rescue the US office-sharing group following an aborted attempt at an initial public offering. The deal saw WeWork’s valuation sink from $47bn in January to $8bn.
在软银同意用95亿美元来根据最开始创办共享空间的企图来拯救US共享办公空间这个不好的结果就持续了两周。这个计划意味着WeWork的价值从一月份的470亿美元下降至80亿美元。
在周三公布糟糕业绩的两周前，软银同意为这家美国共享办公空间集团提供95亿美元的救助方案。此前该集团的首次公开发行(IPO)计划流产。软银的交易意味着WeWork的估值从1月份的470亿美元降至80亿美元。
Despite the setback, Mr Son defended SoftBank’s strategy in his two-hour presentation, insisting the WeWork deal was not “a bailout”, its $97bn Vision Fund was still doing better than other venture capitalists, and that plans to deploy another $100bn fund were on track.
尽管遭遇挫折，Son先生花了两个小时话语来捍卫软银的策略。坚持认为WeWork的交易不是一个“纾困”，它拥有的970亿美元基金任然比其他风险资本家预测的表现的要好，另一个100亿美元的基金部署计划正在路上。
尽管遭遇挫折，孙正义还是在两小时的演讲中为软银的战略进行辩护。他坚称，WeWork交易不是“纾困”，软银970亿美元的愿景基金(Vision Fund)的表现仍优于其他风险资本公司，而部署另外1000亿美元的计划正在推进中。
“I made a bad investment decision and I am deeply remorseful,” Mr Son said at a news conference in Tokyo. “But there is no change to my strategy or vision.”
我做了一个不好的投资决定并且我深深感到后悔，Son先生在东京新闻交流会上说。但是这对我的策略和远见没有丝毫影响。
“我做出了一个糟糕的投资决定，我深感懊悔，”孙正义在东京举行的记者会上表示，“但我的战略和愿景没有改变。”
Mr Son said SoftBank would aim to get a return on its WeWork investment in four to five years with a turnround plan that involves a freeze on new leases and shutdown of its lossmaking noncore businesses.
Son先生说软银计划在四到五年内通过一个转身计划让WeWork盈利，这个计划包含对新租约的冻结和关闭他的亏损的非核心业务。
孙正义表示，软银的目标是在4至5年后从其对WeWork的投资获得回报，其扭亏计划包括冻结新租约，并关闭亏损的非核心业务。
“The logic is simple. Time will resolve . . . and we will see a sharp V-shaped recovery,” Mr Son said.
这个逻辑很简单，时间将会解决，我们将会看到一个V形的恢复。Son先生说。
“逻辑很简单。时间会解决……我们将看到一个陡峭的V型复苏，”孙正义表示。
For the July to September quarter, SoftBank reported a net loss of ¥700bn ($6.4bn) from a year earlier profit of ¥526bn. The performance of its Vision Fund, which had driven SoftBank’s earnings since its launch in 2017, was pressured by unrealised losses totalling ¥538bn from its investments including WeWork and ride-hailing group Uber.
七月到九月的时候，软银报道7000亿美元的亏损，一年前同期实现5260亿美元利润。自2017年成立以来一直驱动软银盈利的愿景基金受到压力，其各项投资的未变现亏损总计达5380亿美元，其中包括对WeWork和叫车服务集团优步的投资。
在7月至9月的财务季度，软银报告净亏损7000亿日元（合64亿美元），而上年同期实现利润5260亿日元。自2017年成立以来一直驱动软银盈利的愿景基金受到压力，其各项投资的未变现亏损总计达5380亿日元，其中包括对WeWork和叫车服务集团优步(Uber)的投资。
