Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.

New Time and Space Software Company received its first payment of 20 million US dollars for its cooperation with the APP. Zhang San needs this money; he wants to acquire a company.

The partner in this collaboration is Jin Ren. He commissioned them to go to London to acquire a company with a certain reputation. For this purpose, Zhang San prepared 40 million US dollars, equivalent to 26 million pounds.

Zhang San's targets are the contract manufacturers VLSI Technology and Acorn. These two companies may not be well-known, but people may know about the new company Advanced RISC Machines formed by these two companies and APP. If no one knows about it yet, then everyone will know that its abbreviation is 'ARM'.

1990年11月底，Acorn以ARM团队的所有智慧财产权以及所属的12名员工，占新公司30%的股份；APP公司则以150万英镑现金取得全新ARM公司的30%股份，最后VLSI以其智慧财产权资产、设备工具资产、25万英镑投资款——获得了新公司剩余的40%股份。

Based on this calculation, VLSI Technology's total market value would be £2 million, while Acorn's intellectual property rights in the ARM team and its 12 employees would be worth £1.5 million. After Zhang San decides to acquire it, he will invest another £5 million, which will be used to improve the employees' lives, bonuses, etc.

Of course, Zhang San couldn't just wait for news idly; there were many other things he needed to do.

"Allen, could you get in touch with Old Smith and ask him to introduce some smart guys over?" Zhang San said to Allen, sharing his idea.

"Oh, Stephen, what are you going to do?"

"We need some of our own people."

"I'll give it a try. What a troublesome guy," Allen complained a little.

Sure enough, a month later, Zhang San received good news from London: they had agreed to be acquired, and the total acquisition price might be higher than Zhang San had estimated, at four and a half million pounds. As per Zhang San's request, all twelve employees were retained.

When Zhang San received the news, he was immediately overjoyed. Now, his plan had completed the first step. Besides this step, there was one more thing to do: he needed to meet up with someone.

That is Robbie Sachs, who previously worked at MOT, and he will become the CEO of this new company.

"Hello, Mr. Robbie." In the lobby of a hotel in New York, Zhang San met Mr. Robbie.

When Robbie met Zhang San, he felt that the guy was too young and Chinese. In his impression, Chinese people rarely got involved in companies that required large investments, such as R&D companies that required a lot of capital.

"Hi, hello, this is so surprising, my future boss is actually Chinese. Oh, sorry, I'm just very surprised, please don't misunderstand."

"It's alright, you've just been misled by the media. The Chinese are a very excellent people, it's just that they've been somewhat tarnished in modern times. But let's not talk about that. We're leaving for London tomorrow, and I'll introduce you to my new colleagues there. I hope you'll get along well."

The next day, the two boarded a plane to London. On the plane, they had become quite familiar with each other. Robbie asked a question that he hadn't understood since meeting Zhang San.

"Stephen, why me?"

"There is a Chinese saying, 'Heroes cherish heroes,' which translates to 'Heroes admire heroes.' I learned about your background from headhunters and then had them bring you in to serve as my CEO in London."

The headhunting firm said that the recently popular NT Office needs to take on the role of CEO of their company's hardware group, whose main focus is CPUs, specifically RISC CPUs, not complex instruction set CPUs like Intel's.

He used to work at MOT's CPU company, and later went on to start his own business. It's fair to say that his resume is quite impressive.

Actually, there was one more thing Zhang San didn't say: it wasn't that his resume was good, but that he was ARM's first CEO. However, even if he said it, the other party wouldn't believe it.

Flying from North America to London, the plane landed at London Heathrow Airport. It was already dark when we arrived, not because the plane was slow, but because of the time difference between the two countries.

However, neither of them was tired. Zhang San had booked two first-class tickets, which made Robbie very happy. He felt that his boss was really generous.

As the sun rose again, Zhang San, with Robbie in tow, took a taxi arranged by the hotel and arrived at... a barn.

"Oh, this is a terrible place."

Robbie sighed, his feelings still complicated as he looked at the barn in front of him. A boss who could afford to take him first class had his company located in a barn.

"Robbie, it's precisely because he's in the barn that it gets the blood pumping."

At this moment, Zhang San's face showed no emotion, only enthusiasm. He had read about the history of ARM before, and it was just like the story of "starting with a bowl and ending with a country"—exciting.

And what about the most amazing startup team in mainland China? Isn't that just as exciting?

"Let's go in."

Later, Robbie recalled in his memoir, "Under the guidance of that not-so-tall figure, I made the best decision of my life, and I met the best business partner."

At this moment, in the barn, besides the twelve ARM members, there was also their former boss, the representative of the Golden Man; they could have chosen a better signing location, but this place was more symbolic.

Just like Zhang San said, rising from humble beginnings to become famous throughout the world, isn't that 'awesome'!

"Welcome, Mr. Stephen."

"Hello……"

Zhang San shook hands with them one by one, and then began a simple, even rudimentary, signing ceremony. Afterwards, the group took a group photo outside to commemorate this historic moment.

This photo later hung in Zhang San's office and became a classic.

After the original boss and the representatives from Jinren Investment Bank left, only Zhang San, Robbie, and the ARM12 R&D team remained. Zhang San said, "Let's all get to know each other. I am your new boss, Stephen Zhang, and this is Robbie Robbie Sachs, who will be your new CEO."

Zhang San paused for a moment, then said, "It's a pleasure to meet you all. Before I go on about anything else, I have some good news for you: I will be investing five million pounds to help you achieve your life goals."