Rebirth of Hong Kong's tycoons, shorting Eagle Sauce

The next day, the headlines on Wall Street were about ASML's successful IPO.

Everyone witnessed the rise of a semiconductor giant with a market value of 30 billion.

People were shocked by the speed of the rise of a small Western company. In just a few years, a small company abandoned by Philips has grown into a giant.

When interviewed, Schmidt, who had been betrayed, stabbed his old employer in the back as soon as possible.

He implied that his old boss at Philips didn't know what he was doing and always rejected his budget application.

He talked about the difficulties along the way and was very glad to have met Mr. Robert, his mentor:

"If I hadn't met Mr. Robert, the financial giant's guidance and help, ASML wouldn't have achieved today's success."

He also named Peninsula Technology, whose shameless poaching almost caused the lithography machine to abort before dawn.

Schmidt's remarks were once again amplified by the media, causing an uproar.

The newspaper mercilessly ridiculed Philips for its short-sighted management and abandoning such a promising project.

Some reporters who were not afraid of trouble even began to besiege Philips headquarters, trying to anger the current president of Philips to get more news.

Robert always felt that Schmidt was a little arrogant, but he thought that the public always liked to hear entrepreneurial stories, which was very conducive to expanding the influence of the brand.

He temporarily put away the idea of ​​hitting Schmidt and planned to find a more appropriate time to talk to him again.

Seeing Reuters's praise of ASML, ASML President Schmidt was unprecedentedly inflated.

The poor will be arrogant for a while when they become rich.

Whenever Schmidt thought of the more than 6 billion US dollars lying on the company's account, his mood would become extremely happy.

How to make a company expand rapidly?

Acquisition and expansion of production lines are undoubtedly the best way.

The first thing he thought of was to acquire three photolithography equipment companies in the United States that were on the verge of bankruptcy.

If Philips' market value had not remained high, he would even have thought of reversely investing in Philips.

Then he expanded the production line and continued to compete with Peninsula Technology for the 70nm lithography market.

In order to avenge the poaching of Peninsula Technology, he even wanted to hire a headhunting company with a large sum of money to poach Peninsula Technology in the name of talent introduction.

Then he built a new technology building as ASML's new headquarters.

It would definitely be enough to acquire the old lithography equipment company in the United States for $3 billion.

Expanding the production line and poaching people with a large sum of money should also be enough for $2 billion.

Building a new headquarters will require at least $200 million...

Then he personally delivered the budget application to Robert's desk.

Robert's face gradually darkened:

"Asshole, is this the new plan you are proud of?"

Smith, who was still complacent, was like a head-on blow.

"Sir, what am I wrong about? You can tell me clearly."

Smith would definitely not accept it. Don't listed companies do this after raising funds?

"General companies can do this, but ASML is not. The reason why it has a market value of tens of billions is entirely because you have mastered the core technology of lithography machines!"

"Yes, it is precisely because we have the core technology that we have to expand the production line."

"NO, NO, don't forget that you have a powerful rival, Peninsula Technology. If you just poach people, it will only cause both sides to fall into a talent war, and the only benefit will be the third party who concentrates on research!"

Although he realized the mistake, Smith still said stubbornly:

"We have money and can afford it!"

"If you do this, it will only force Peninsula to speed up the pace of listing, and by then your only advantage will be gone!"

Thinking of this, Smith was a little helpless:

"This won't work either , that won't work either, we can't just put all the raised funds in the bank. "

"Of course not, as far as I know, Peninsula Technology is now focusing all its energy on upgrading the wavelength of the light source, and ASML naturally cannot lag behind. I hope you will put all your energy and financial resources on research and development."

Hearing this, Smith was stunned, and he said puzzledly:

"We have just developed a 193nm light source wavelength and we have to develop 157nm immediately?"

Robert did not allow him to refuse and said: "We have no choice!"

"What about the stock price? What if other shareholders ask about it after listing?"

"Just tell the truth, we will invest more funds to upgrade the equipment, and I believe that the majority of shareholders will understand us."

Smith could only nod stiffly.

After leaving the Cayman Capital headquarters, he was furious in the car.

"Who does he think he is?"

"Do you really think that ASML has come to this day because of his own credit? If it weren't for meASML would have been finished long ago if they had paid so much at the most difficult time for the company. "

His newly hired assistant said: "Boss, capital is greedy, we must take back the company's autonomy from Cayman Capital!"

"It's not easy to get rid of Cayman Capital's control. Robert immediately cashed out after the listing, but still controls 60% of ASML's shares."

"Boss, we don't have to rush to do all this. After the shares are fully circulated, we can completely introduce new capital by issuing new shares.

Using capital to counter capital is in the interests of our company."

The new assistant's words made Smith, who was angry inside, suddenly enlightened and felt that hiring this financial expert from Eagle Country was an extremely wise decision.

"Amy, you are an expert in this area, and you will need to pay more attention to this matter in the future."

"This is as it should be, boss. I think we let go of those who betrayed us easily. We should file an unfair competition lawsuit against Byers and others and Peninsula Technology! "

"That makes sense, but Robert thinks we shouldn't focus on these crooked ways. Wait, we'll have to settle accounts with them sooner or later."

Robert, who sent Smith away, kept sighing.

He didn't expect that after solving the economic crisis, Smith's character would change so much.

It's not unreasonable that men become bad after they have money.

I can only report his performance to Wang Lei.

"Is that so? Robert, don't complain about yourself. We have given him a chance. If ASML can't develop the next generation of lithography machines, we will cash out early while the stock price is high."

"Don't forget, we are profit-seeking capital and have no obligation to be someone else's nanny. If a company can't run on its own, it's useless for us to whip it with a whip."