Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

Evvia is located on Palo Alto Hamilton Avenue. It's a Greek restaurant, a sister establishment to Kokkari, and a popular spot for business dinners in Silicon Valley.

At 7:30, David was already seated when Ted arrived.

David is 43 years old, of Chinese descent, and holds an MBA from Stanford University. He worked in Google's Corporate Development department for six years, handling dozens of small technology acquisitions.

"Lamb chops again?"

David smiled, put down the menu, and said, "Of course, tell me, what good news is it?"

Ted recounted the situation of Jasmine One, highlighting its self-developed compiler as a replacement for Mono, cross-platform support for .NET, pending patents, and high popularity on GitHub.

"Microsoft sent us an inquiry letter the day before yesterday."

"Microsoft is already here after only two weeks? That fast?"

"I'm not kidding you, your programmers must have also discovered Jasmine One, it's just that their feedback wasn't as quick as Microsoft's."

"Okay, I understand what you mean, but I still have to wait until I get back to see what's going on with the stuff."

Oracle has tens of thousands of developers, and on the day Jasmine One was launched, some developers had already seen and tried it.

However, most developers did not realize the importance of this technology; they only discussed whether it was easy to use in small circles.

Until their legal department discovered the unusual activity on Google's end.

It's said that Google's technical department has suddenly started working overtime. According to tips from coffee shops and Chinese restaurants near Google, they're carrying out some kind of surprise operation. It's probably not a company-wide project; it's likely just some employees messing around again.

However, their corporate development department also didn't go home on time, which is interesting. Tom Reed always orders Mexican tacos whenever he works overtime, and it's always Taco Bell. What a tasteless guy!

Karen, a patent attorney in the legal department, held a meeting overnight to synthesize various recent related information and finally felt she had found the source. Then, armed with this information, she hurriedly went to see Vice President Peter Gallagher.

"Peter, look at this. What do we do? Should we tell the boss? Do we need to take action? But if we act now, won't it expose our fall lawsuit?"

Peter Gallagher noticed Karen's urgency and carefully read through the report.

He is a veteran who has worked at Oracle for fifteen years, rising from a patent attorney to vice president of legal affairs.

He knew that the rational choice was to remain inactive. This thing wouldn't be of much help to their fall operation, and taking action might alert Google and expose Oracle's collection of various patents.

Oracle, having just completed its acquisition of Sun Microsystems earlier this year, has a clear goal: to use Sun's Java and other patent assets to give Google a severe blow. Google uses the Java API in Android, a practice for which there were previously no legal precedents, but Oracle felt it was worth a try. For over a year, they've been preparing and monitoring Google's movements, and now they plan to launch a legal surprise attack in September.

But Peter Gallagher felt he didn't need to consider that issue anymore.

"I'm going to find the boss. You get ready, we're probably about to get involved."

Karen said somewhat helplessly, "Do we need to write some suggestions? I don't think we need to, right?"

Peter nodded and said, "Be smart, let's not offer any more advice on this. Always remember, this is Oracle. We'll just state that Jasmine I is very useful to Microsoft, and that's enough. If you don't want to lose your job, you need to shut up when you should."

Oracle just won the championship, and Ellison is in a great mood. Let's stop thinking about it and just listen to him. If he insists on buying them at any cost, then let him spend more money. You can't stop him by submitting a report, and he might even fire you on the sidelines.”

Larry Ellison, nicknamed the Silicon Valley Playboy, is known as the most arrogant billionaire in history. He is also known as the Bad Kid, a hostile takeover maniac, a walking money-printing machine, and the King of Rebellion, among other titles.

Fortune magazine once published an article titled "Larry Ellison's wardrobe contains only two things: black turtlenecks and arrogance."

In Silicon Valley, Ellison is far more famous than Oracle.

He founded Oracle in 1977, a year earlier than Microsoft. He is the most senior CEO in Silicon Valley, bar none.

Everyone in Silicon Valley knows that Ellison's lifelong obsession is to defeat Microsoft and become the world's largest software company! And to smear Bill Gates!

The two men were the same age and started their businesses in the same year; one developed operating systems and office software, while the other created a database. But Gates became the world's richest man, while Ellison always lagged behind.

Ellison publicly stated that Bill Gates was not the smartest, nor was he technically proficient; he was simply lucky to have chosen the right business strategy.

He also said that Bill Gates dressed old-fashionedly and was a stupid STEM guy.

He said he wanted to get his hands on a MiG fighter jet and then fly it into the roof of the Gates' house.

However, he also said that Bill Gates is one of the most outstanding businessmen, even comparing him to Thomas Edison and John D. Rockefeller.

In short, his remarks always seem contradictory, but his actions are consistent and very childish.

Gates held his wedding in Hawaii, and to spite Gates, he bought Lanai Island to ruin Gates' ten-year trip.

After buying the luxury yacht, Gates ordered his own Izanami yacht.

After Gates' mansion was renovated, he mocked Gates' poor taste and built a Japanese garden-style palace.

In 1994, he did something as despicable as bribing the cleaning lady to pick up trash from Gates' house, just to find some incriminating evidence against him.

In 2000, during the Microsoft antitrust case, he resorted to the same trick again, hiring private investigators to rummage through the trash cans of independent research institutions sponsored by Microsoft, and secretly handing over evidence unfavorable to Microsoft to the media.

After being discovered, they were not ashamed but proud, saying it was a civic duty.

Therefore, when this information was delivered to Ellison, he was overjoyed.

"Peter, go directly to the person in charge. Handle this personally and give a quote. Start with fifty million. Don't worry about Google's reaction. They've already released their system; even if they know we're going to sue them, what can they do? Focus on the immediate future. Microsoft spent a hundred million acquiring that Powerset!"

"We're out of the subprime crisis now, the price can't be low. This Jasmine is far more valuable than that one! Anything less than 150 million is definitely undervalued, and even 200 million wouldn't be unreasonable. Anyway, if we can't buy it, we'll make Microsoft spend more."

Peter thought it best to go along with his boss: "I understand. I'll try to get it for 50 million directly. If we can buy it and then sell it to Microsoft, or just keep them hanging on, that would be even better."

Ellison laughed and waved his hand: "Don't even think about such a good thing. Fenwick & West isn't some unknown small law firm. Once they get our quote, they'll definitely go to Microsoft. Microsoft will spare no expense to secure .NET. If we spend too much money, we'll lose out. We just need to make sure they spend a little more."

Peter breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that winning the sailing championship had made Ellison quite happy, and he had become much more rational. He had thought that this time he would have to offer an insane price to forcefully compete with Microsoft.

At 3 p.m., Peter Gallagher called Fenwick & West directly; they were much more straightforward than Microsoft.

"Oracle has a strategic interest in Jasmine One, and we have already conducted an assessment. Larry himself is aware of this, and we hope to negotiate as soon as possible. We are currently willing to offer $50 million, and we can discuss the specific terms and details."

After agreeing to meet the day after tomorrow to discuss the matter, TED took the keys and left. He needed to ask Chen Yiran for her opinion as soon as possible. Although they valued Jasmine No. 1, they hadn't expected their first offer to be at this level.

Chen Yiran had talked to him before, and his expected amount was fifty million. He got it on the first try.