Return to the exciting era of 1999

Chapter 2336 Calm
"Boss Yu, where are we going?"

The car slowly drove out of the hotel and the driver asked as usual. This time, Mr. Yu did not answer in a hurry, but looked out the window for a long time.

"Go to Jiangsu!"

"Ah? Ah!"

The driver was stunned. During this stage of the negotiations, Mr. Yu always stayed at the local Marriott, but today he suddenly went to Suzhou. This was a bit unbelievable.

But the driver reacted quickly, the convoy adjusted its direction, found a road with less traffic, and headed north. Three hours later, Mr. Yu's convoy appeared in a less well-known three-star hotel. There were already people on guard on the surrounding buildings.

A drizzle suddenly came outside the window. The driver found an umbrella and ran to Mr. Yu's seat to open the door. The black umbrella made crackling sounds as the raindrops hit it.

Master Yu got out of the car but did not rush forward. Instead, he waited for the door to close. The car slowly drove away. The main door of the hotel had already opened. An old man wearing gold-rimmed glasses walked out of the hotel. Master Yu then went up the steps, followed closely by his men. Master Yu was covered by a pile of umbrellas, and no one could see where he was.

"Did you take the picture? Who is that person?"

On the opposite building, the reporter pointed a telephoto camera in the direction where Mr. Yu was heading, but still failed to capture the man inside the hotel.

"It should be a foreign business group. With such a large crowd, let's look for the customs entry and exit records."

The two reporters immediately began to check the customs entry and exit records, and everyone's actions were proceeding in an orderly manner.

Inside the hotel, Mr. Yu shook hands cordially with the man. If the media reporters saw the man's face, they would be shocked, because the man turned out to be Gates, the founder of Microsoft.

"Mr. Yu, are you interested in the offer we gave your company these days? We are not Intel, I think we can easily conduct business negotiations. As long as your company agrees to sell shares, we will not lack funds. You know how fast our company makes money, it's easy!"

Facing the young master, Gates and his gang all had respect in their eyes.

If it were three years ago, Mr. Yu was just the boss of an ordinary business company with hundreds of millions of funds in his pocket, but he was nothing in Gates' eyes. Mr. Yu was not even worthy of appearing as a guest at a business meeting.

But now? Master Yu represents Uni-President Intelligence, and even if Master Yu doesn't have a dime in his pocket, the other party will still give him some courtesy.

"Mr. Gates, your offer shows that you are willing to buy, but your sincerity is not enough. At least this price is not enough for the shares you want. We have already said during the G76 share negotiation that we can share core data, and you have to provide enough funds."

"That's the software process. If your company wants to get involved in the chip field, we have to renegotiate this matter. The two things cannot be confused. What do you think? We have relied on innovation and breakthroughs over the years. We like your company's system, but it cannot be the only option."

"Like you, Mr. Cook also likes our company's process technology. At least they have tried to make chips before. Your company is still a newcomer in this field, so I still insist that your company should not get involved in this field. The reason why we are here today is because we think we can still discuss cooperation on G76, because your company still has unique insights in this regard."

Facing Gates, Mr. Yu was not afraid at all. This was the courage given by the huge business empire established by Ji Donglai, so the other party knew very well where his bottom line was.

Gates looked at Mr. Yu and a smile appeared on his face. He didn't expect that Mr. Yu would reject him so firmly.

In the field of chip manufacturing and various aspects of hardware, Microsoft has made many attempts in recent years, including acquiring Nokia, once trying Motorola, and briefly trying to build cars and many other fields, and the results are the same.

In terms of hardware, the other party almost always starts off well but ends badly, spending a lot of money but accomplishing nothing.

To use a technical term in the field of economics, this is a disease of big companies.

A group of experts sat at a conference table discussing the problems and prospects of another profession, and they thought they were very professional. They could only drive away the experts in this field, causing tragedy.

Today's Microsoft has fully proven this statement. In recent years, it has been constantly experimenting in the field of artificial intelligence, and has achieved certain results in cooperation with NVIDIA, that's all.

Just this year, the other party set its sights on G76. As a unique existence in the Arab world, with content comparable to that of Oracle, Microsoft spent a long time searching for Yiyuan Zhizao, its base.

The investigation results showed that Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing has experience in both software and hardware, and is at the forefront. After much deliberation, the other party came up with the current solution: acquisition!

However, Intel acted much earlier than Microsoft and announced in advance the acquisition of Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing's semiconductor division.

Based on the idea that companies from the same country should not engage in such malicious competition, the other party could only make a secret trip to Suzhou and send a message to Mr. Yu.

"Mr. Yu, how many shares of G76 do you plan to sell?"

A wise person will not get entangled in things that are unlikely to produce any results. Gates has experienced too many such things. Although the other party is no longer the top executive of Microsoft in name, he will still come forward when it comes to matters that truly involve China.

Especially when it comes to this kind of large-scale negotiation, key database technology aspects.

Microsoft's operating system, Linux, is now being developed by some companies around the world. If Microsoft cannot access it in a timely manner, it may be abandoned, and the price will not be what it is now if it contacts them again at that time.

There are reports that Yiyuan Zhizao is also developing an operating system, and Microsoft knows that it needs to access it based on the basic database.

"Eight percent!"

Mr. Yu gave an accurate number, and then the two families had a heated discussion on the company's valuation and equity. It was not until late at night that Mr. Yu came out of the hotel. The air in Suzhou was a little damp after a light rain, and it was a little cold. Mr. Yu put on his windbreaker and drove straight to the city. The company staff had already booked a hotel.

Taking out his cell phone, Mr. Yu sent a message to Ji Donglai.

"Crack!"

"Be careful, it smells wrong!"

Mr. Yu had just sent the message when the driver stopped the car with his foot, all the cars stopped, and then pressed the alarm button. All the bodyguards began to look nervous.

At the front of the convoy, a large container truck was approaching quickly.

"Retreat, there shouldn't be any cars at this point, move quickly!"

The people following Master Yu were all veterans of many battles. They immediately made a decisive move and the convoy began to turn.

Mr. Yu picked up his phone and started the emergency procedure.

A layer of flash passed across the entire surface of the car, and the steel plate under the car slowly opened. A row of small robots landed on the ground, and moved out horizontally the next moment.

"Buzzing..."

The dragonfly robot flew towards the truck and appeared above the window in a few minutes.

The driver of the truck had a dull expression, his eyes staring straight ahead, his feet stretched straight, his body barely moving, and the door was sealed from the outside.

"Blow up the car's drive shaft!"

Following Mr. Yu's order, two small robots were embedded under the cab of the vehicle, quickly attached to the bogie position, and accurately selected the steering rod.

"boom!"

"Click..."

As the steering rod was blown off, the front wheels of the car turned outward, and in an instant one wheel flew out, and then the car rushed towards the building on the roadside.

"Boom!"

As the car hit the pillar of the building, the entire front of the car was shattered, the container was pushed flat, and it rolled and twisted to one side.

"We are under attack, come to support immediately..."

Another convoy of Master Yu's had been preparing in a nearby neighborhood. Upon receiving the news that Master Yu had been attacked, they immediately rushed over, and the convoys reunited and then separated.

Although crossbows were constantly being shot from the roadside, they had lost their direction at this point. By the time the local uncles with hats arrived, the entire street had been cleared.

"Let's call the higher-ups and find out who is so disgusting. Old Yu is the de facto head of Yiyuan Intelligence. Our people are being treated like this in their own country. This is absolutely unforgivable!"

Ji Donglai saw that Master Yu had been attacked and the skewers in his hand no longer smelled good, so he asked his assistant to call some leaders, especially Lu Ming.

"I'll ask right away. Why don't we just forget about it? It's just a pretext. Old Yu is too big of a bait. If we really lose, the loss will be too great for us!"

For this light source factory project, Luming's Ye County New District and Qiu Haitang's Mingqian County Urban Investment both received a sum of funds. In order to help the two get their money back as soon as possible, Ji Donglai did not invest the two sums of money directly, but let Zhao Shuying secretly invest them in external financial markets.

This time, we must take advantage of Intel's opportunity to make back the money invested in the two light source factories.

The present is no longer the same as in previous years when making money by relying on commodities is completely a conceptual era. Ji Donglai wants to use Intel's acquisition to help himself raise funds.

"No, release this news and let the market fluctuate. Remember to release it secretly to let the market know that someone is unhappy. Old Yu must stay in Shanghai. Only in this way can we confirm the news that we want to sell Yiyuan Intelligent Semiconductor, and then they will buy in heavily."

"The financial market itself is an emotional place. We must learn to take advantage of this emotion. Otherwise, how can we make money? Lao Yu is more prepared than us, don't worry!"

Mr. Yu has made all the preparations since he went to Shanghai. At his age, he is more clever than a monkey.

Ji Donglai was worried that today's incident was staged by Mr. Yu himself. In any case, this news was meaningful for the fluctuations in the financial market.

Just like that, that night, an explosive news appeared in the financial market on the external network.

The actual investor of Yiyuan Zhizao was attacked with force and the situation is unclear, but he is still in Shanghai and is actively in contact with Intel. Intel's business director went to the hospital to visit Mr. Yu.

(End of this chapter)