20 years of restarting life

Chapter 2513 Unexpected changes

In the afternoon, Yinami and BlackBerry negotiated at a pace controlled by Zhao Changan. In the end, Zhao Changan and Jim spent more than an hour in a verbal lawsuit. No one could convince anyone, and no one was willing to make sincere concessions.

At this point, there is no point in further negotiations. Both parties need to calm down for a period of time and conduct their own internal discussions before trying to contact each other through telegrams and emails.

Seeing Zhao Changan and Tang Shuang leaving, although it couldn't be said to have broken up on bad terms, and the door to negotiations was not closed, Mike still couldn't help but look depressed and glum.

Although he claims to be the soul of the company at BlackBerry, people actually care more about the orders and ideas of Jim, who holds a big stick that threatens life and death.

Even Doug's prestige is higher than him.

Employees and shareholders hope that he can be a good mascot of the company and not interfere in the production and operation of the company.

He couldn't find anyone in the company who could express his heartfelt opinions and exchange ideas, especially his insistence that BlackBerry should go in the direction of emptiness and electronics. He couldn't get the understanding of anyone in the company, even Jim and Doug. They all thought he was being imaginative.

Now I finally met a fellow traveler who was equally good, younger and more energetic, but ended up being stranded because of issues that in Mike's opinion were completely irrelevant.

Don’t you all understand that the path BlackBerry is taking now is becoming more and more like Dell in the computer industry, rather than a provider of user solutions like Microsoft?

However, although Mike was disappointed, the imprint of the engineering geek had such a profound impact on him that he did not dare and knew that he could not win against Jim in an argument. Especially his friend Doug, who had been playing since he was a child and became a middle-aged man, had always stood firm. Jim's side.

Mike didn't say anything in the end, just sighed.

At this time, Jim answered a phone call, and his face, which was not very good-looking at first, suddenly became even more ugly.

He put down the phone and looked at him with bright eyes that seemed dazzling to Mike.

"how?"

Mike asked confused, avoiding Jim's eyes.

"Right now, the stock that reached as high as 10.43 Canadian dollars in the morning has fallen to 9.3 Canadian dollars."

Jim lit a cigarette and asked Mike, "Do you know why?"

"I don't know, but a few days ago our stock price was still 7.5 Canadian dollars. It shot up so fast. Is it normal for a slight correction?"

Mike thinks this is already a very good thing. Compared with Nortel, the Canadian business leader, and many similar high-tech Internet companies, it is really not easy for BlackBerry to have such a stock price.

There is even a nanometer of Zhao Changan in it, which is a big contribution.

People have to be more particular and can't burn bridges by crossing rivers, right?

"Awesome, awesome, I didn't expect young people today to be so awesome!"

Jim grinned and said with anger and sharpness in his eyes: "Mike, Doug, we have all been fooled by this Zhao Changan!"

He also knew that it was impossible for the two of them to understand the meaning of his words, and explained: "Since the afternoon, the branch of One Nano has started selling BlackBerry's stock, and it is still selling now! Mike, do you understand now? , Zhao Changan has never thought about cooperating with BlackBerry. He only did this to increase BlackBerry’s stock price, and then smashed the market like he is doing now.”

This news made Doug, who was stunned when he heard it, jump with anger and cursed Zhao Changan and Tang Shuang, the young Chinese couple, for being too treacherous.

Mike, on the other hand, was indifferent, thinking that with your fierce look in the morning, you are not a fool, so of course you guessed that you couldn't reach an agreement.

Since people won’t play with you anymore, is it wrong to stop the loss and sell the stock in time to leave the market?

Sometimes the impression of a person is very important. If the impression is good, no matter how you look at it, you will feel comfortable. If the impression is not good, no matter how you look at it, it will be awkward.

The same goes for Mike, of course. "Mike, you are really not suitable for this kind of negotiation. You should go back to your R&D center and use your fantastic ideas!"

Seeing the disapproving look on Mike's face, Jim was not surprised. We have worked together for so many years, how could he still not understand Mike?

The reason why I said it was because I hoped that this negotiation would not leave any grudge against him in his heart.

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Zhao Changan and Tang Shuang returned to the hotel and packed their things.

Qi Peng was just showing up with nothing, so he called him and said that there was nothing in the room and he just wanted to check out.

So we agreed to meet in Toronto that evening.

After checking out of the room, the two found a taxi and returned to Toronto.

"By doing this, Mike and the others must think that we are deliberately using them as bait to increase the stock price. If you still insist on the previous idea, will you encounter greater obstruction in the future?"

Although the taxi driver was a foreigner and Tang Shuang spoke in Chinese, he was very cautious and did not bring up the idea that Zhao Changan wanted to control BlackBerry. Instead, he said 'that idea'.

"Jim and Doug will definitely be very angry and feel that they have been fooled, but Mike is not that kind of person. He has a character that is a bit hesitant, but he does not pay much attention to the gains and losses of power, money and status. He is a person who pays attention to pursuit and dreams. people."

"Do you think highly of him?"

Tang Shuang laughed.

Zhao Changan gently held Tang Shuang's soft, boneless, smooth and delicate hand and said, "I have never had any substantial contact with him before, and I don't know him well. This time, it seems that I am more confident in my previous goals." Yes, we don’t even need to get so many chips to achieve it.”

The previous problem faced by Nano was that Mike was BlackBerry's largest shareholder, holding more than 13% of the shares, Jim ranked second with 10%, and Doug held 5%.

Zhao Changan considered that Mike and Doug invested US$100 million to establish the 'Nano and Quantum Research Center', and Doug donated another US$50 million to his alma mater, and the US$50 million donation was borrowed. The method is completed by pledge from the bank.

So if the stock price drops below four dollars, Doug will definitely run away early, and it is very likely that Mike will also sell some shares, so the focus is on the 23% held by Mike and Jim. Or less than 23%.

However, even with these shares, Yinami has to devote all its efforts to make a bet like walking on a tightrope.

It even had to privately sign harsh conditions with BlackBerry's third largest shareholder, Fairfax Financial (Fairfax Financial Holdings Co., Ltd. in Toronto, Canada).

If you win, you will be a young model. If you lose, you will probably have to compensate most of the income from Gotham City to avoid going bankrupt.

But now it seems likely that things don't need to be so radical.

If Mike can be persuaded, and the stock price drops, Doug will sell part of it, and at the same time be able to stand in a neutral position.

Then Jim only has 10% of the shares. Even if Jim can convince Fairfax Financial to hold 8%, it can only reach 18%.

Then the financial pressure of one nanometer will be reduced exponentially. Similarly, the risks and benefits will also be reduced exponentially.

In the final analysis, there are good and bad things, and the best choice is to add a certain proportion of safety leverage to maximize benefits.