Reboot 2003

Chapter 325 106: Invitation (three-in-one)

Lao Chen called me out of nowhere.

Not only did Chen Qin suddenly come back from Hanzhang in good condition, but Chen Qin also rushed out to have a meal together after school. It seemed that there was something else.

And he also said that he would bring Ah Yue with him, and his tone sounded a little different from the past.

Chen Qin felt a little strange. Of course Ah Yue was following him. He didn't ask what was going on. He just happened to be thinking about Song Ziyun, so he asked tentatively: "Is it just Ah Yue? Does Song Ziyun want to shout?"

Song Ziyun was also a friend of his parents, so he asked them both. Lao Chen said, "Xiao Song, I remember he is with you, so I'll call him too."

Chen Qin asked again: "Should our principal shout? He also wants to make friends..."

Lao Chen understood the meaning of this sentence quite well. Like Lao Qiu before, he probably felt that Chen Qin had made a mistake: "What's so inexplicable? Let others forget it first. I have something else to do today."

After saying that, he hung up the phone, and Chen Qin was confused... At this time, Ah Yue asked from the side: "What's the matter?"

"My dad just came back from Hanzhang and said we would have a meal together in the afternoon."

"Oh." Ah Yue probably didn't think there was any problem upon hearing this, "Then if Song Ziyun is going to go, why don't we tell him about this while we have dinner later?"

Chen Qin thought about it, so he agreed. Next, the two of them went to see the newly arranged venue, and then went back to the classroom to tell Song Ziyun about the matter, but they couldn't find where he was. When they were about to start self-study He just came back.

When I asked him, he was talking about what happened on their road eloquently, as if he hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem: "I was talking about Fota with the seniors. They are sophomores and their skills are not bad, but recently I talked with Xiaoshuai and the others. We made an appointment to have a private fight..."

As for the meal, I agreed, so it was time for school to end in the afternoon. When Chen Qin packed his schoolbag, A Yue was already waiting beside him. Together with the people after school, they flowed out of the school gate. From a distance, they saw Lao Chen and others. At the school gate, he was wearing his suit as usual, with his hands in his trouser pockets, a smile on his face, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

After meeting, he looked at Chen Qin with a smile, then at A Yue and Song Ziyun.

"School is over? Xiao Song, Xiao...that...Xiao Yue, I haven't seen you for a while! Come on, your Uncle Chen will take you to a big dinner!"

Old Chen greeted Xiao Chen and his classmates boldly, and Ah Yue politely thanked them: "Thank you, Uncle Chen!" Song Ziyun also nodded quickly.

But Lao Chen couldn't wait to turn around, walked away hastily before he finished his courtesy, and opened the door of a car behind him: "Come on, get in the car!"

This was a glossy black Audi with a brand-new exterior and no dust marks on the tires. Old Chen entertained the three children and sat down in the driver's seat.

Seeing his posture, Chen Qin recalled his fiery tone before, and almost knew what his father was up to, so he asked deliberately: "Where did you borrow the car?"

"I didn't borrow it, I bought it recently!" Lao Chen's face glowed red. He turned the car key and his expression was full of pride. "I finally learned the driver's license and bought a car for transportation!"

As he stepped on the accelerator, the new car rumbled into motion. Chen Qin secretly smiled in his heart. He was so emotional that he had just bought a car, and he came home immediately... Xu Lingling came back during the National Day, and she borrowed the car from an acquaintance. , the driver was someone else, but he and his wife had started to learn the driver's license one after another - he himself was busy doing that recently, and Lao Chen was not idle either. He was the first to get the driver's license, and he also went to the 4S store to pick up the car on the spot.

That's okay, it's really convenient to have this thing, that old Chen's pride...

It’s not that it’s impossible, it’s just that no one will cooperate with him.

A Yue is now familiar with her. This little girl is polite and well-educated. She got in the car and asked Aunt Lou how she was doing recently. I also asked how the business of the hot pot restaurant is going?

But I didn’t ask about the car. After all, she was young. Although she had experienced a lot, her family environment was different from ordinary people. When Lao Chen modestly said it was a mobility scooter, she probably really thought it was an ordinary mobility scooter.

And Chen Qin himself... really has nothing to say.

After all, this car is quite famous. The Audi A6L is still the only designated official car. Although it is indeed the most famous high-end car with Chinese characteristics, it is damp in the earth, solid and high-end. There is nothing wrong with it, but Chen Qin is a 95 Later, I talked about how the car looked old.

So he and A-Yue sat in the back seat obediently, without even asking a word about the car. After they got on the road, they came over to point fingers——

"Dad, handbrake, handbrake here."

"Ah."

"In gear."

"I know how to hang up! But it's slowing down here. Didn't you see a car in front of you..."

"Show the turn signal! Why don't you use the turn signal?"

"I know!"

……

I successfully picked up my new car, but in the blink of an eye I was being pointed at by my son and the driving school instructor. Although what he said seemed to make sense and Lao Chen did it, he was still a little disgraced by the training.

Fortunately, there is Xiao Song in the co-pilot. This Xiao Song... although he is not that familiar, he still has quite good taste.

"Uncle Chen, how much does this car cost?"

"About half a million."

"It's so expensive. The car's logo is Audi, right?"

"It's not expensive either. The really high-end ones are Mercedes-Benz and BMW. This car is mainly cost-effective..."

"By the way, when it comes to Audi, Chen Qin and I actually have one..."

"Oh?"

"We used to play Audi Double Diamond when we were kids."

"Haha, yes, I saw that when Lao Song and I were shopping, so I bought it for you..."

Anyway, Xiao Song was praising him, and Ah Yue quickly responded and joined the conversation. It seemed that Lao Chen didn’t buy the car for nothing. He was talking to a few middle school students about his journey of choosing a car and the experience in the driving school. Although there were ups and downs, he turned to the toy car for some reason, but Lao Chen was satisfied. Speaking of which, Xiao Song had always been his son's little follower. Why hadn't he seen him so talented before? The look in his eyes.

However, when we finally arrived at the restaurant, Lao Chen entertained the three middle school students at the table. He put the car keys on the table and said that you can order whatever you want. He finally looked like a big boss.

But A Yue was not in a hurry to eat at this time, after all, they still had a mission. She poked Chen Qin's arm with her hand, and Chen Qin also remembered what he had said.

"Song Ziyun, Chen Qin helped find a job for Brother Dibu." A Yue suddenly said.

"Brother Dibu, are you friends?" It turned out that Lao Chen became interested, "You are still helping the studio recruit people."

Because he was gesticulating along the way, Lao Chen wanted to find a place here for his son. When he heard about it, he became curious and asked. Ayue explained:

"No, Chen Qin helped arrange a job for Brother Dibu in the school. Our principal helped arrange it."

Lao Chen asked: "Which principal? Speaking of which, my car was recommended by your principal Lu."

"It's not Principal Lu, it's another principal who succeeded Principal Lu." A Yue said, "He recently said that he would ask someone from our studio to go to the school to help them. This person happens to be Song Ziyun's teammate in the game, so we Just tell him."

Lao Chen frowned, as if he didn't quite understand, and put his arms on the table... He didn't care much about the children's own affairs. He just glanced at his son, probably because he was a little confused and didn't understand what his son was doing with his mobile phone. Online games, and that online game gold-making studio?

Principal Lu left recently, and I was a little worried that they would be bullied in school.

When I came back this time, I also wanted to take advantage of Principal Lu's limelight and treat them, Teacher Qiu, to a meal. What's the situation like at work?

"Why would he recommend someone to you if he has nothing to do?"

"Because this is a technical job." Chen Qin said, "Ayue and I helped him build a small website."

When he mentioned this, Ah Yue seemed to remember something and covered her mouth and laughed. Lao Chen probably understood, but as a big boss, he didn't continue to ask, so he changed his angle and asked: "Let's make a small website and recruit one of you." Human? Principal Lu didn’t have this ability before.”

No one answered his question. After all, middle school students don't know who is the senior official and who is the junior official.

However, when Song Ziyun heard what Chen Qin and A Yue were talking about just now, he didn't fully realize what it meant, but he remembered something: "I know, but we originally agreed to watch the video together today. I'm going out to eat. My parents told me, but I forgot to say hello to them." Song Ziyun said that he quickly called another teammate of his.

After the call was connected, Song Ziyun said that he was eating out today, and that Brother Dibu was probably busy with something, but Brother Dibu seemed to be on the other side of the phone right now.

So his teammates said to him in a rare serious tone: "We were just about to tell you, but you just called. We think it's time to talk to you."

Song Ziyun said blankly: "Ah? What are you talking about?"

The other party said on the other side of the phone: "We play games as part-time activities. The opportunity given by Xiao Chen this time is rare. If you are lucky, you may be able to join the Education Committee. For Lao Zhou, a college student, this kind of opportunity is quite rare. So I plan to work hard now, because I really can’t play games all the time... Besides, you also have to go to school, right?"

Song Ziyun was stunned: "You two don't want to play anymore? Are you about to break up?"

"No, I just think that we will just play as amateurs from now on. After all, we still have to work and live. If we always practice like a professional every day, we may not be able to achieve results," the teammate said, "It is better to just play casually from now on. As for Of course we can still be together as a team, and we can still be together in VS games in the future, what do you think?..."

The two teammates sounded very open-minded, but the matter was very important, so they explained it to him. Song Ziyun seemed to laugh after hearing this: "That's okay, I thought you two would just ignore me since you have work."

"Haha, what's the matter..."

They have quite good personal relationships, and the atmosphere of chatting is also very relaxed.

But after hanging up the phone, Song Ziyun looked at the table in front of him blankly, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

A Yue looked at Chen Qin, who shrugged. He indirectly caused this incident. A Yue knew that he had never liked Song Ziyun playing professionally. This time, he took advantage of the situation and pulled away a teammate of Song Ziyun. The direct reason was probably the same as before Lao Qiu. If so, the indirect reason is probably that he didn't like Song Ziyun and the others' carefree attitude early on——

But it's not because Chen Qin doesn't like games. He is a gamer himself, so he naturally knows how ridiculous it is to say that games harm people.

But having said that, this matter is not either/or, unreliable or unreliable, but if playing games is the same as doing other things, it is definitely not without any impact.

Especially for Song Ziyun, there is a possibility that he can do well while going to school or working, and playing professionally at the same time, but now it seems that he does not have this ability. On the contrary, he is not good at competitions, and his school results have reached record lows.

If it were more serious, Lao Chen might be able to talk to his parents, but now it seems that this is not necessary. After getting a job for Song Ziyun's teammates, his team seemed to break up on the spot; although Chen Qin didn't mention that the job couldn't be part-time, or even said that they had to do it themselves, it seemed that his two teammates didn't want to play anymore. Go down, that's fine.

Even as people of the same age, it always feels weird to tell others to study hard. Ah Yue is usually smart and smart, but today she sat beside her without saying a word. But Lao Chen finally understood: "Oh... I understand. , so someone from Xiao Song’s team happened to be involved in this matter, and then stopped fighting?”

Chen Qin was still counting on Old Chen to say a few more good words. He immediately replied that he was right. Old Chen asked again: "Speaking of which, Xiaoyun went to Shanghai to compete during the National Day, and he also went to Yanjing before. , how was the fight?"

Song Ziyun couldn't hold his head up anymore: "We didn't kill the results. At first we were able to take advantage of others who wouldn't play, but then the competition became more and more fierce, and we couldn't beat others, and even dragged a large group of people to run away in vain. …”

He seemed to be really stressed, and became more and more depressed as he spoke. Chen Qin scratched his head at this time, vaguely feeling that what he was doing was a bit boring, but after hearing this, Lao Chen came up with a crooked idea: "It's okay. It's a competition. There must be winners and losers. I remember you were playing games last time. Now that you can't get ahead by playing games, you can continue playing games."

This is true. Song Ziyun was indeed helping A Yue make maps at first, but later he went to play a game. In order to avoid gossip, he even asked A Yue to delete all his names in the production team. This is what Chen Qin did this time. The reason why I seriously 'tricked' him...

So Song Ziyun said as expected: "Okay, but I probably really don't have that talent..."

A Yue said: "No, now we are doing numerical balance, and we always need your help to make suggestions, and you helped a lot during the Friends Fight."

Lao Chen also said: "I think so too. There happens to be an event next week. That's what I'm here to talk about this time..."

Chen Qin was curious: "What activity?"

"As for Galaxy Software, they seem to be preparing for their annual meeting recently, didn't you know?"

Chen Qin thought for a while but didn't expect this: "Huh?..."

A Yue said: "I know this."

Lao Chen added: "It seems that they are still preparing to hold an industry exchange meeting. It is organized by their company together with several other big companies. It is about the newly launched Kaitian system. It may be on TV by then... …”

"What are you talking about..." Chen Qin knew this time. After all, the company's annual meeting is also a big event. He had sent invitations to A Yue before, but the annual meeting itself was only an operational activity for company employees. He himself was not an employee, and in fact I have not participated in the actual operation, so I have not participated in previous years.

As for seminars, they are a thing of academia. For companies in the hot stage, the role of academic seminars is of course but limited. After all, they are all in the industry, so they cannot rely on this thing to understand information. Relatively speaking, the role of academic seminars is greater. It is still about promoting and contacting upstream and downstream friends. Not long ago, Zhou Hongyi and others proposed to develop a supply chain, and it was Chen Qin who suggested that they hold this meeting.

As for now...

"No need, after all, we invited Chen Qin and the others to go..." Song Ziyun hesitated, but looked like he wanted to go. A Yue also agreed immediately: "Okay, then I'll bother Uncle Chen!"

Chen Qin also wanted to find fault: "Your driver's license hasn't expired yet, right? Can you drive on the highway?"

Lao Chen was confused: "Why not?"

Chen Qin thought for a moment and said sadly, "Okay, then I'll take your passenger seat."

Lao Chen's face froze, but the matter was settled anyway. He was so busy, but he had to go to that meeting again...

This is what Chen Qin originally thought.

But the next day, the news came back from California.

"The conditions have been negotiated and the price has almost been decided, but AMD still seems unwilling to sell completely. They said that their bottom line is to hold 20% of the shares and the price can be favorable. As for investing in advanced processes in the future, it is not that they can no longer invest in it. investment, but they don’t want to be completely out…”

Shen Nanpeng seemed to have come to a conclusion. He told Chen Qin privately about the latest situation before the meeting. Peter Thiel, who was with him, also said: "Of course their requirements are not high, they just said they want to hold more than 33% of the equity, and the third It’s okay for all three parties to work together.”

Chen Qin was a little confused after hearing this: "They are going to sell off the wafer factory. We can also take over completely, without even needing their orders. What are they dissatisfied with?"

"Old Chen, I have a background in finance. I am different from those of you who are serious about starting a business, but you are somewhat sentimental, right? Maybe they just don't want to let go of the old factory they have built for more than ten years?" Shen Nanpeng laughed. He got excited and said, "For example, your first start-up was Kuaikan Media, and you recently acquired it together."

Chen Qin hesitated to speak: "I am a company that really wants to buy advertising business..." But halfway through the words, he felt that it was true. Although Kuaikan was the first entrepreneurial project he participated in, it had a bit of a dark history after all. And it is indeed not the first one. If not, then he is right.

Shen Nanpeng did not go into details: "As for the AMD group, I think they are also very reluctant to let go of the wafer fab. They are unwilling to completely lose the high-end process wafer fab that they can control, and they always have doubts about other foundry companies. ...By the way, what did their CEO say back then..."

Peter Thiel said: “A real man owns a fab.”

"Yes, it was said by the founder of AMD. Unfortunately, he has resigned now." Shen Nanpeng said, "But maybe it is his influence, or maybe it is the voice of other executives in the company. In short, they have such a request. , 'Although it can be sold, it cannot be sold entirely, and it cannot be sold only to us.'"

"Isn't this a clown?" Chen Qin scratched his head after hearing this, "They don't want to be real men, they are selling to others and being coy."

"That's why I have so many, Chen." Shen Nanpeng said, "Now there are some voices outside of interests in this transaction, so do you think this is tolerated?"

Chen Qin hesitated for a while: "Yes, yes, but do we really have to give in? I think AMD is just bargaining with us on this matter. If they are worried that they will be out of the game, we can sign additional agreements to ensure It shouldn't be difficult for them to get their rights and interests." Just like the quick play created by last year's class reunion, Chen Qin thought to himself.

This time it was Peter Thiel who said: "I think they should be serious. I recently had a communication with an independent director of AMD. He said that AMD also wants to find a third-party investor that we can also satisfy, so Recently I have been looking for cooperation within China..."

"Looking for a partner from China? That's fine," Chen Qin thought for a while, "but now that the economy is in crisis, where can he find investors?"

Shen Nanpeng said: "I don't know about this, but aren't you going to host that industry exhibition recently? The response to that event was very enthusiastic, and it seems that many traditional technology companies will also participate."

Shen Nanpeng said: "If we can take advantage of your company's reputation in the mobile phone industry, I think it is not impossible to find another investor."

Chen Qin suddenly remembered what happened yesterday: "You said AMD sent someone to attend our annual meeting?"

"Maybe, but didn't you invite this yourself?" Shen Nanpeng said, "Of course we respect your company's opinions. If you want to occupy as many shares of this company as possible, continuing to put pressure may be a way. Maybe we can Use those oil guys to negotiate together. The oil guys seem to be very interested in our proposal and even exchanged intelligence with us a few days ago."

Then Peter Thiel added: "But if we have to give in, I think it may not be an opportunity. According to the results of the negotiation, the current price of this wafer fab has risen to 60 billion. If you have that much money, you can buy it." One-fifth of a JP Morgan.”

Shen Nanpeng laughed: "Yes, that's how the Japanese negotiated. If those banks survive, I don't know how much money they can make."

Peter Thiel concluded: "But maybe we can actually find some partners - not with those Middle Eastern countries, but with other companies in your home countries. I know your entire country is looking forward to this opportunity, and you have previously Since we want to be a neutral wafer fab, I think a solid capital structure will also help to improve its neutrality, so why not find some other allies who have the same interests as yours? This will be better for everyone. It’s a good choice.”

(End of this chapter)