Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

Andy Bettlesheim looked at Yang Mo like an idiot and said: "Even if the concepts are inconsistent, why should I give up my rapidly growing equity in Sun and Cisco to take the risk of acquiring an Oracle whose valuation has dropped by 80%? ?Even if Oracle falls by 80%, its market value still exceeds US$4.5 million. For me, if the acquisition is successful, the equity value and voice will not change much..."

Only then did Yang Mo remember that Andy Bertolsheim was not an ordinary technical geek, and he was not so easy to fool!

Not short of money, and optimistic about the company's prospects, it is really not easy for him to sell his shares.

"Dr. Andy, there is another way. I wonder if you are interested?" Yang Mo asked thoughtfully.

"What can be done?" Andy Bertolsheim asked.

"Sell your equity in Sun and Cisco to Andy Investment Company, and then we will jointly acquire Oracle. In this way, your equity in Sun and Cisco will still not be given up. No matter whether Oracle can acquire it successfully or not, as Andy The CEO of the investment company also has the opportunity to reversely acquire the equity of Sun and other shareholders of Cisco, and it is not impossible to take charge of Sun again!" Yang Mo said with a sincere face.

Andy Bertolsheim was stunned. Yang Mo was preparing to pay for himself to set up an investment company and then acquire his own equity. This sincerity was indeed in place!

"Mr. Yang, are you sure you want to do this? How much money are you prepared to invest in Andy Investment Company?" Andy Bertelsheim asked hesitantly.

"The initial investment is US$2 million. Zhiyuan Group will hold 90% of the shares and give you 10% of the equity. After completing the acquisition of Sun and Cisco equity, you can freely choose whether to jointly acquire Oracle Software Company..." Yang Mo continued.

This is equivalent to giving Andy Bertolsheim's equity worth 2000 million US dollars for free, but Yang Mo is not a gifter. Andy's equity in Sun and Cisco will not only increase in value hundreds of times, but more importantly, The strategic significance of holding Cisco...

Yang Mo’s sincerity finally impressed Andy Bettlesheim, and a few days later, Andy Venture Capital Company settled on Sand Dune Road in Silicon Valley.

Andy Bettlesheim also officially resigned from Cisco.

After the establishment of Andy Venture Capital, the first acquisition it made was to acquire 5560% of Cisco's shares for US$8.5 million.

Next, Andy Bettlesheim sold 14% of his equity in Sun to Andy Venture Capital for US$1.1 million.

So far, Zhiyuan Investment has obtained a total of 31% of Cisco's equity, Qianhai Asset Management has obtained 14%, and Sequoia Capital has held 21%. In addition to 30% of the outstanding shares, Cisco's technical director Kirk Rausch Germany holds the final 4% stake.

It only took Zhiyuan Group less than five days to complete the great shift. By the time Valentine got the news, the dust had settled!

As the largest shareholder, Zhiyuan Investment naturally requested re-election of the board of directors, and Yang Mo became the new chairman of Cisco.

The subsequent personnel changes were somewhat incomprehensible. Even Don Valentine, who attended the board of directors, was dumbfounded.

Yang Mo announced at the board meeting that for the healthy development of Cisco, all shareholders, except for the last co-founder Kerr Crowhid, would dilute 5% of their equity according to their shareholding ratio as options for senior technical and management talents. excitation!

Except for Sequoia Capital, all other shareholders voted in favor. Money is the best litmus test. In the past two years, the management’s efforts to win over Cisco executives fell apart instantly...

Yang Mo did not hesitate to invest more than 3.5% of his equity in the option incentive pool. In fact, it was not to win people's hearts. He was doing it for one person, a wizard known as the CEO ceiling in the era of the Internet information revolution. He was John Chambers.

The dramatic thing is that John Chambers had just joined Cisco at this time and was just the sales director. Because he had experience working in the sales department of IBM and Wangan Computer Company, Chambers happened to be idle at home because he had rich market development experience. With experience, he was invited by Cisco CEO Moggridge to serve as sales director.

John Chambers walked into the chairman's office anxiously. In just a few days, several co-founders left the company one after another, and the board of directors was re-elected. He thought that a middle-level manager like himself would not be involved. Who knew? Shortly after the board meeting, he was the first to receive the notice to report to the board of directors on behalf of the sales department.

"Chairman, I am John Chambers, the director of the sales department. Are you looking for me?" John Chambers said after knocking on the door.

"Hello, sit down wherever you want! I'll be ready right here..." Yang Mo raised his head and said with a smile.

After a while, Yang Mo had finished reading the resume sent by the human resources department. He raised his head and looked at the embarrassed Chambers and said, "John! Don't be nervous. It's just a very casual discussion. As the head of the sales department, what do you think about it?" Do you have any suggestions for the future direction of Cisco’s development?”

John Chambers pondered for a moment and then said: "Chairman! Cisco's current success is because we connect independent computers into a local area network through ags. Our development direction should be like wireless phones, through various The base stations established by communication equipment can amplify these local area networks to the entire federation and even the world. This is an immeasurable market!"

"How can this be achieved?" Yang Mo asked with interest.

In fact, for computer engineers in this era, no one knows what the future Internet world will look like. Everyone is groping forward through their own understanding, just like a blind man touching an elephant. The elephant in everyone's mind is different!

"If we regard the entire Internet world as a huge building by default, then various basic communication servers including gateway processors, switches, data transmission equipment, etc. are the foundation of this building. We have built the foundation before others. Other Internet high-tech companies only need to spend a small price to build a house on the foundation we have prepared, then we have the absolute initiative!" John Chambers said gushingly.

Yang Mo smiled and nodded and said: "Time waits for no one. If we build the foundation too slowly, others will not be willing to wait, and they will build it themselves!"

"Chairman, I think part of the research on basic communications can only be completed through rapid mergers and acquisitions. What we have to do is how to create a basic communications ecological chain accumulated with technology patents in the shortest possible time. The entire basic communications ecosystem The construction of the chain is a process of horse racing, and whoever runs the fastest will have more say!" John Chambers said eloquently.