20 years of restarting life

Chapter 2628 Agreement between persons acting in concert

"Chang'an, I found that you attach great importance to BlackBerry's operation and research and development, and the positioning of product user groups. The problem is that even if we sign a contract with you, you are only a partner of one of our branches, and it is in the Chinese market, and you But you keep talking to me about the North American market?”

After going around for a long time, Mike discovered Zhao Changan's fatal flaw.

That is, no matter how BlackBerry's bes and bis services are positioned in the North American market, and they have nothing to do with you, there is absolutely no need for you to be so excited and enthusiastic!

"But what if I want to actually hold BlackBerry shares, for example, get the shares that Doug is planning to sell?"

For Zhao Changan, Doug's 4% stake was like a pillow delivered to him when he was sleepy. Otherwise, if he wanted to acquire 4% or even more shares from the stock market in a short period of time, he would not know to what price the stock price would be raised to complete the acquisition.

And if Doug does this this time, it will definitely cause panic among investors who hold BlackBerry, and they will just carry out a shock cleaning to attract funds.

"Do you want to hold shares in BlackBerry?"

Mike's face was filled with incredible shock: "Didn't you make BlackBerry useless!"

"Why have I downgraded it to be useless? It is only slightly flawed, but it cannot be denied that BlackBerry is an amazing emerging global high-tech company! Such a good company, so many people do not understand the brilliance of this pearl, I Why can’t you get involved?”

Zhao Changan had a smile on his face.

This time Mike chased after him, and the news he heard at this time was the news that made him feel most happy and excited.

Is there any like-minded person that you can identify as someone who is a great affirmation of your own brainchild that makes you even more excited and proud?

Mike opened two bottles of cold beer and handed one to Zhao Changan, with a boundless smile on his face: "Chang'an, you are welcome to join us! Happy cooperation!"

"But before that, when I get enough shares, you have to make an agreement with me, which is the concerted action agreement!"

"There is no problem with this at all! But Chang'an, Jim is really an excellent businessman. Without his participation, RIM would have gone bankrupt after the RIM 900 investment failed five years ago."

"I have never denied Jim's business ability, but the smooth sailing in the past few years has given him the illusion that BlackBerry's success today is entirely due to his ability to turn the tide."

"Yes, that's right. If Jim hadn't done this, how would BlackBerry be today?"

Mike looked so convinced that Zhao Changan wanted to kick him.

"However, he overlooked one thing. When he joined RIM, it was not because of his great business talent. In fact, at the age of 38, he was only a financial director and senior manager in his original company, and this company also Isn’t it very big?”

"I forgot the name. It was an American company. It seemed to have gone bankrupt, so Jim quit and joined RIM."

"It was RIM that gave him the opportunity to rise in his career. The reason is that RIM's RIM 900 perfected those flaws through technical improvements, rather than him filling in the product flaws of RIM 900 through his business talent.

Now Jim is still in this delusion of false arrogance. And because you are so strict on product technology, no new products have been launched in the past two years. The addition of these two negative numbers has resulted in BlackBerry's current predicament! "

That night, Zhao Changan did not return to Toronto, but stayed with Mike in a station wagon by the lake.

In fact, for Zhao Changan, he later discovered that he did not need to talk too much or in depth with Mike, and he could not prove these advanced concepts and theories. He only needed to grasp a few core elements.

"What were your original intentions, ideals, oaths, and the purpose of Research In Motion? Was it to serve those noble nobles?"

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On July 7, Doug sold 21% of BlackBerry's shares. The market was shocked and the stock price plummeted to $4.

During the whole day, the stock price surged up and then fell down several times, and the competition between the long and short sides was fierce. This sudden huge amount of orders shocked Jim. After he confirmed that it was Doug, an angry Jim rushed to Doug's house and roared. The two argued for a long time and broke up unhappy.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, a large amount of money suddenly entered the market to take over the transaction. BlackBerry's stock price rushed from US$2.3 to more than US$3. Until the market closed, it still stood at US$3.06.

In the final day, the Irvine branch raised 3.68%, spending 4.18 million RMB, and the Toronto branch raised 1.69%, spending 1.76 million RMB, for a total of 5.37% of the shares. In fact, it has become the fourth largest shareholder of BlackBerry.

The total market value of BlackBerry has reached nearly 140 billion yuan.

That night, Zhao Changan hosted a banquet in Toronto. Mike and Doug admitted that they already held 5.37% of BlackBerry's shares, which shocked Doug.

On the morning of the next day, the traders at Ynanometer's Toronto branch continued to raise funds slightly and quietly accumulate funds, and carried out small shocks to clean up the BlackBerry retail investors and small investors on the stock market.

Zhao Changan, Mike and Doug quietly signed a concerted action agreement.

When the market closed in the afternoon, the shareholding ratio of Yinnan Toronto Branch reached 1.93%, the stock price stood at a height of 3.1 US dollars, and the total shareholding amount of the three people was close to 20%.

The number of shares held by Jim and Fairfax Financial is 18%, which has already surpassed it.

The next morning, Zhao Changan and Zhou Kexin, as well as several employees who were going to Gotham City, left Toronto and took a flight to Los Angeles. The name was that the Los Angeles branch of One Nano was going to hold the North American public beta test of Miracle Mu.

Jin Chenxiao, Mike and Doug went to the airport to see him off.

"Doug, I still think it's a pity for you to sell 4% of your shares."

In the waiting hall of the airport, Zhao Changan was still setting up a memorial arch for himself.

"It's no pity. I believe in my own judgment. Even if I'm proven wrong, I still don't have 1% of the shares in my hand. I'm not completely wrong."

During this sale, Doug finally received more than 80 million U.S. dollars, and his heart was filled with Zhao Changan's gratitude.

If Zhao Changan hadn't been so desperate to raise money and support at any cost, he would probably be lucky to receive 50 million in the end.

Otherwise, he would not have signed the concerted action agreement with Zhao Changan so happily yesterday. You must know that although he only has 1% of the stocks left in his hands, he and Mike teamed up to support Zhao Changan. The publicity is obviously of great significance and may even shake Fairfax Financial's position.

"If BlackBerry's stock price rises in the future, you may still regret the decision you made before."

Zhao Changan is getting vaccinated in advance.

Mike's unbridled imagination and Doug's down-to-earth technical skills were a perfect match. Zhao Changan did not want Doug to leave BlackBerry's R&D department in the future because of his inner grudges.

"Even if you regret it, it has nothing to do with you. If you put these stocks up, others will buy them if you don't buy them. The difference is that I will get less money, and it will also drive down BlackBerry's stock price even lower. So what can Jim do with I’m fighting hard!”

Zhao Changan and Mike both laughed, but Zhao Changan heard it keenly. Both Mike and Doug still respected Jim very much and still regarded him as their best friend and partner.

This is actually better. Zhao Changan does not want his collaborators to have only interests in their eyes and hearts, but no warmth.

Moreover, Jim is indeed a very good entrepreneur. Zhao Changan's purpose was just to help them correct their mistakes, but he never thought of kicking Jim away and taking his place.

It's just that this process will definitely be long and awkward, but he has time and confidence.

As long as Jim, like Mike, regards BlackBerry as his career life, he will slowly change and work hard together for the dream of a world of intelligent interconnection!