Fight to the third generation

Su Yehao was nervous for a while, then relaxed again, and said with a smile:

"It seems that we really need to speed up the progress of development. Recently, I will seriously plan to launch several new functions and increase investment in the international market, so as not to be seized by MSN."

After Linda Yun edited the content, Su Yehao took a quick look and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so he called John Zhou, the chief operating officer of Yanwen, and informed him in advance.

After thinking about it, I felt that it was too formal for me to come forward.

Simply copy and paste it and send it to the CEO of Yanwen Group, asking him to respond online first, to avoid further decline in the company's stock price.

Ever since it was announced that it would be privatized and delisted if the market value was less than 80 billion US dollars, the company’s stock price has remained stable, and even the short sellers have disappeared. Today, the market value is still above 100 billion US dollars, which is still safe with.

Had a chat with John Zhou.

After hanging up the phone and thinking about it carefully, Su Yehao realized that there was really no need to make a fuss.

That part of the market share is already in the hands of MSN Messenger and AOL, and the fundamentals of Yanmoji Group have not been affected at all. As long as Microsoft's momentum is suppressed, the third child will just spend a lot of money and become the second child. , the market share is only half of Yanmoji Group.

After a few more years, mobile terminal equipment will be popularized on a large scale, and the gap will be further widened by then.

Su Yehao was thinking about how to get revenge, but he could only think of Apple's operating system.

After checking the stock price of Apple Inc.... Good guy, it has fallen from more than 100 billion U.S. dollars at the peak last year to more than 40 billion U.S. dollars left.

Even if the stock price is still inflated, it is estimated that it will not be much higher. He immediately contacted Goldman Sachs and asked them to help contact Apple's major shareholders one by one and ask who would like to sell the whole company.

If it doesn't work, it's okay to provide a financing to Apple...

Chapter 780 Will You Be Taken By Me?

If we lose our horses, we can't know what a blessing is.

If it weren't for thinking about punching Microsoft back, Su Yehao might really not pay attention to Apple's latest trends in the short term.

Because this company doesn't have much sense of existence for the time being, it's just a maverick personal computer manufacturer.

Not to mention that it has not yet developed into the mobile phone industry. According to the news displayed on the computer screen, it has only recently begun to try to enter the MP3 player market. head.

If it wasn’t for Microsoft’s frantic seizure of the market a few years ago, looking back, there were no competitors, and I began to feel guilty, worried about being sued for anti-monopoly, and then gave Apple a sum of money to help it continue, maybe Apple It has long since gone bankrupt, or been sold by shareholders for billions of dollars.

For such a company that has been struggling for many years, its status in the minds of investors is not even as good as Google's rising market share.

At least Google is moving forward, showing strong growth potential.

Apple, on the other hand, is at best a "competitor" deliberately left behind by Microsoft to avoid completely occupying the market share of computer operating systems, and it is a little bit nicer to spread.

This part of the market share occupied by Apple only accounts for about [-]% of the total share of the global operating system market, and has not increased for several years. Therefore, Jobs was forced to a dead end by shareholders recently. Try to develop into the Walkman market.

A project was picked temporarily, and the information about Apple, Microsoft, and MSN was quickly collected in Su Yehao's hands.

After reading it, I realized that Apple’s current revenue data, even with a market value of just over US$40 billion on the Nasdaq market, seems a bit inflated.

I still remember that in 1997, when Su Yehao first started to pay attention to Apple, its market value was only more than one billion US dollars. Even if it was completely privatized and delisted, it would not be difficult. Simply buying a computer operating system patent is also a blood profit. It can be applied to smartphones by changing it, but unfortunately there was no money at that time.

If you want to invest now, the cost is two or three times higher, but considering that Apple has a large number of technical patents and talents, it is still a very cost-effective investment.

If you can control the right to speak, you can not only solve the problem of the lack of operating systems in the mainland, but also cooperate with Yellow Diamond Computer to obtain some Apple technology patent authorization.

Not only that, but at the same time, it can plan and deploy the smart phone market in advance. When the time comes, the orders of the wafer foundry will also be fertile without leaving outsiders.

Given the level of semiconductor R&D and manufacturing in the mainland, Su Yehao is powerless in the short term. Even if he fully supports him and makes some achievements, he will most likely end up in the end of comprehensive sanctions and suppression. It is better to earn money outside first. Plot slowly.

After quick consideration, Su Yehao contacted Goldman Sachs in person and offered them a generous commission to communicate with Apple shareholders on their behalf.

Anyway, he is already the sixth richest man in the world, and his every move is more likely to attract attention. If he contacts Apple in person, most of them will be sold backhanded, and other shareholders will use the good news as nourishment to help Apple stabilize the stock price.

Therefore, it is more cost-effective to negotiate with people from the investment bank, even though you have to pay some commissions...

Jiang Yu knew the priorities. Compared with their Tianyu Entertainment, Su Yehao's business was undoubtedly much more important.

Staying in the hotel suite, busy buying Apple stock first.

She came now and asked wonderingly: "Ahao, I checked the news of Apple for you. Both the forum and the media think that its stock price will continue to fall. Will you be taken advantage of if you sell now?"

Su Yehao was lying in a comfortable position, retracted his legs to let Jiang Yu sit, and said with a calm smile:

"It is because it is still falling that it is more suitable for investment. When it really falls to a reasonable price, everyone knows that it has a chance to rebound, so how can I raise enough chips? Apple is different from Internet companies. There is no Differentiating AB shares, the right to speak is the same, that is to say, as long as I hold enough shares, I can control the right to speak in this company.”

"I understand when you say that, but you have to have the right to speak... what's the use?"

Jiang Yu was puzzled.

In her opinion, the reason why Su Yehao decided to invest in Apple is only because Apple also has an operating system, which can attack Microsoft.

It's just that this kind of influence is negligible in her opinion.

If Apple's operating system could really have an impact on Microsoft, it would have already seized a lot of market share. How could it be struggling with a 3% market share like it is now.

Su Yehao is clear about some things, but he can't explain them in detail, so he just put it off and said with a smile: "You will understand later, Apple is a good company, and its research and development capabilities and patent reserves are very valuable. If there is no If people are willing to sell their shares to me, then I will also choose to finance it, but it is still unknown how much shares I can get in this way.”

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The matter of the acquisition is handed over to Goldman Sachs to discuss.

There is a large amount of money in Su Yehao's account, and he earned it back from short selling in March and April last year. Until now, the basic income of buying short-term financial management has reached more than 2 million US dollars.

Three times short-selling funds, stock index options and stock options, etc., the investment principal is small and the return rate is higher.

Thinking that there will be more places to use the money in the future, he asked people to throw away the cash one after another. It is estimated that there will be a total of about 42 billion US dollars in the account by then.

Over the past year, the Nasdaq index has risen and fallen, and has fallen by more than half.

Su Yehao made a lot of money in his small business. For example, the fund that shorted the NASDAQ index three times, the return rate was as high as more than 200%, which is equivalent to investing the capital and earning more than double in a year.

Many star companies in Silicon Valley have closed their doors, and about [-]% of start-up companies have completely closed down.

There are countless programmers who have been fired and changed jobs. Some ethnic Chinese who graduated from prestigious schools even hope to return to the mainland to develop. However, facing the rudimentary Internet ecosystem invested and established by Su Yehao, they have no chance. In the end, they can only obediently work under him.

However, there are only a few people who choose to go back. In the second half of last year, only a few dozen were recruited. The average salary of TAT and TOT is only 12 RMB, which is not attractive enough.

On the contrary, companies such as Yanwen Group and Google have recruited a group of technical talents who are willing to accept low salaries. They work more seriously, and the group of people who are active and always want to change jobs have almost disappeared.

Big companies are safe, and the Silicon Valley environment is so bad that even if start-up companies are willing to pay high salaries, not many people dare to jump over, lest the company not adapt to the new job and the company will go bankrupt and liquidated.

It may not be the best opportunity to buy bottoms right now, but you can't just look at the price when doing business, timing is also very important.

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Chapter 781

Take Apple's current situation.

As long as you are willing to spend more money, it is probably no problem to win [-]% to [-]% of the shares, anyway, there is no rush.

I want to know about the situation of Blizzard Game Studios first.

Through the relationship of McKinsey Consulting Company, Su Yehao temporarily cramped his feet and investigated the management list of Blizzard Games, as well as the revenue performance, equity structure and other information.

This company is extremely popular in the market, and there are many peers who pay attention to it. McKinsey has ready-made information, and the relevant documents are quickly summarized and sent to Linda Yun's Google mailbox account in the form of email.

I have to be a little wary of these consulting companies who like to sell other people's information to make money.

In Su Yehao's personal mailbox, he has often received advertising spam. He does not want to be harassed by strangers who are looking for investment or discussing cooperation.

Even an Internet tycoon like him will fall for the junk advertisements in the information age.

For example, an adult service company in the United States has tirelessly sent him emails for more than half a year. Every time it recruits a newcomer, it will take some full-body photos and send them via email.

The company looks very formal, and the grade is very high. The starting price of Yaoren is [-] US dollars. In addition, it provides global door-to-door services, and the transportation and accommodation costs are calculated separately.

Among them are some models who have participated in fashion weeks, or foreign beauties who have won awards in beauty pageants.

Probably because of this, Su Yehao wanted to block the account many times, but in the end he was unwilling. He would occasionally open the email to check it out and criticize it with his eyes, but he never contacted him.

Until now, he didn't know why the other party knew his email address.

We can only guess that the consulting companies, banks or brokerages we have worked with have leaked their secrets. After all, the personal information of the super rich has always been extremely valuable in the market, and there will always be people who will make crooked plans and package news of major customers for foreign transactions.

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When I was in Silicon Valley, I temporarily had the idea of ​​acquiring a game company.

There is no communication between Su Yehao and Blizzard Game Studio, let alone its parent company.

For a "grandson company" like Blizzard Games, it's useless to negotiate with their management. They are a bunch of employees who don't have the right to speak, so why bother talking.

Arrived in Los Angeles that afternoon.

He drove directly to the office building at No. 100 Plaza Avenue, Universal City, and found someone from Universal Pictures to express his intention. An executive from Universal Pictures told him that he couldn't make the decision, and introduced Su Yehao to the representative of the parent company Vivendi. .

Vivendi is a French listed company. It acquired Blizzard Games as early as 1998. Last year, it annexed the famous Universal Pictures. It was much more crazy than Su Yehao in spending money, and continued to expand in debt.

Its businesses cover television, publishing, music, theme parks, water, energy, telecommunications and networking, among others.

Knowing that Su Yehao wanted to acquire Blizzard, a middle-aged French executive named Killian Gourcuff shook his head and told bluntly:

"We have no plans to sell it for the time being. The president of the company quarreled with many shareholders about whether to enter the online game business. I don't think he will give up this part of the interest easily. Battle.net, a user platform under Blizzard, has 300 Ten thousand registered users, and many users log in every day. Last year, the game "Diablo 2" sold more than 200 million copies. Worth $30 billion, money that can actually be seen.”

The implication is clear at a glance, and it is obvious that some Internet companies are of inflated value and cannot bring real benefits to the enterprise.

Su Yehao felt targeted.

Hearing the figure of 30 billion US dollars, he knew that there was no way to continue the conversation.

It can't be said that the lion opened his mouth, it was simply the whale's open mouth. The other party clearly regarded game users as Internet users to calculate value, and the differences were too great to communicate.

With an attitude of giving it a try, Su Yehao said calmly:

"Blizzard is not an Internet company. You can't use this kind of figure to calculate its value. As far as I know, Blizzard's turnover last year was only 1000 million U.S. dollars."

Kylian Gourcuff is just a professional manager.

The two sides had no intersection before, and there was no business relationship. Instead, because they both played games, there was a certain competitive relationship.

This made him think that there was no need to please Su Yehao, so he immediately replied:

"Its turnover is not much, but it has created a net profit of over 600 million US dollars, which is higher than those of your game companies. As long as we continue to launch new games, there will be players willing to buy them. The number of Blizzard players has always been expanding."

"..."

Listening to the tone of the other party, you can understand the importance they attach to Blizzard games.

It is obviously impossible to pick up a bargain, Su Yehao didn't waste time, got up and replied: "Your quotation is far beyond my expectation, so let's forget it, but you can ask your president, maybe he will have a different opinion." idea."

"No problem, I will communicate with the president, but I think he thinks the same as me."

After Killian Gourcuff finished speaking, he didn't even get up, just smiled at Su Yehao, and was busy pouring himself a glass of whiskey.

Needless to say, the performance of Blizzard games, especially after the launch of Battle.net with anti-piracy function, the profit in the first half of this year is higher than that of the same period last year.

Their Vivendi Group originally wanted to increase profits, so they annexed and acquired everywhere, and finally came up with a good seed, so of course they don't want to sell it at a low price...

Su Yehao had nothing to say when he came to the door and hit a soft nail.

The more Jiang Yu thought about it, the angrier he became, and he sat in the car and said, "That old French man is so annoying, I don't like his attitude."

"What can I do? I'm not a child of the earth. Everyone can't revolve around me. After Vivendi acquired Universal Pictures, it created Vivendi Universal Interactive. It seems that Blizzard games should be a relatively core business. The department is valued by the president of their group."

After Su Yehao finished speaking, he comforted Jiang Yu and said:

"Instead of spending so much money to acquire a company, I think it's better to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to develop several online games. Others care about the brand name of Blizzard games, but I don't need the value of the brand. In fact, I have one in my hand. Game promotion platform, according to my understanding of players, as long as the game is interesting enough, they will change their minds every minute, wouldn’t it be silly to spend so much money, today is just a waste of time, you don’t need to care about it.”

"I understand this, but I just don't like his... arrogance?"

"Ha, maybe because it is the top [-] in the world, I have more confidence. As far as I know, Vivendi has ruined many game companies. I will find a headhunting company to see if I can dig more talents from Blizzard. The talents of this company are more valuable than the Blizzard brand, and more importantly, it is economical. You think that old man is annoying, and it must be annoying to work under him."

Su Yehao finished speaking.

Considering the rapid spread of high-speed broadband, it seems that some online games can be tried to develop.

For example, "Cross Fire", such as "League of Legends" and "PUBG Mobile", are all long-lived games that can be continuously updated once they attract enough players.

When Jiang Yu learned that he was going to poach the wall, he turned from angry to happy, and continued: "We must dig more! It is best to let him become a poor commander, and ah, hurry up and think of a few good games, he actually looks down on you game business!"

"...Don't worry, I've already thought about it, and I'll start a project when I go back later."

"Huh? So fast?"

Jiang Yu was stunned.

"Huh? Quickly pooh a few times, men can't talk fast."

"..."

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