I was born again with 100 million

Chapter 353 Plan!

On the second day, Lin Xiao, Lan Yumo, and Dong Meilan came to the Silicon Valley branch of Philips.

Fadell did not come, but he found out another piece of news.

Among the investment companies that Philips talked with yesterday, one is Blackstone Capital, a well-known investment group in the United States.

This made Lin Xiao feel some pressure. The capital that this kind of investment group with background in the United States can mobilize is not comparable to what Lin Xiao can do now.

Putting aside the comparison of the amount of capital, in comparison, Philips is definitely more willing to do business with such a large investment group.

Lin Xiao's worries were not superfluous. The three of them soon met the person in charge of ASML's share sale who had come to Silicon Valley from the Philips headquarters in the Netherlands. From the beginning of the meeting, the other party expressed some doubts about the strength of future investment.

The person in charge of Philips is Frank Foster. The three of Lin Xiao came to Philips Silicon Valley and sat for a few minutes. Frank Foster brought two people to the conference room.

The two sides met and introduced themselves to each other, and Frank Foster immediately said:
"Sorry guys, although you found us through your relationship, I have to say, Future Investment? I've never heard of this company."

Frank Foster's tone could not be called arrogant, but the words obviously expressed a certain degree of doubt about the strength of Lin Xiao's future investment.

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "Mr. Frank, I think what you want most when you come to Silicon Valley is to sell your ASML at a good price, not to inspect investment institutions, right?"

"In theory." Frank Foster nodded. Philips is selling shares, but not looking for investment. Of course, whoever offers a good price is the most important thing. As for who buys them, they don't pay much attention to it.

"But..." Frank Foster finished speaking and pointed to another man in his 40s.

"This is Mond Kenan, the representative of ASML. They hope that we will choose a more powerful buyer at the same price."

After Lin Xiao heard this, he immediately looked at Mond Kenan. He did not expect that in such a negotiation, Asmer would send someone to participate in the whole process.

"Mr. Frank is telling the truth." Mond Kenan said at this time.

"There is no need to shy away from this. Under the same quotation, we hope that Philips can choose a larger investment company, which will help us perform better in the capital market and help us find new investments in the later stage."

What the two of them said is very clear. Compared with the big capitals of the United States such as Blackstone Capital, Future Investment has no advantage in terms of background.

Lin Xiao couldn't refute this. From Asmail's point of view, such a choice is really normal.

So at this time, Lin Xiao did not continue to expand on this topic, but turned to look at Frank Foster again and asked: "Mr. Frank, I want to know about your general sale plan this time, is it okay?" ?”

"Of course no problem." Frank Foster said readily at this time.

"Philips still has a 22.8% stake in ASML, and we hope to sell more than 20%. We are willing to sell the shares to anyone who can offer a higher price. I have stated our principles."

Lin Xiao nodded, and then asked Frank Foster: "Then, Mr. Frank, what is the highest offer you have received so far?"

"Mr. Lin, this is a business secret, I can't tell you." Frank Foster shook his head immediately.

Lin Xiao smiled indifferently, and continued: "Mr. Frank, you should tell me so that I can give a higher quotation, right?"

Lin Xiao, who has dealt with investment institutions in the United States because of the sale of shares of China.com, knows very well that the so-called secret is a fart. It is fundamental for the seller to use this company's quotation to negotiate a higher price with another company. operate.

"You don't need to tell me which company made the offer, you just need to tell me the number. If I don't make a higher offer, you may only accept the highest offer so far, and you tell me, Maybe there is a chance to get a higher offer.”

Lin Xiao continued to speak, and Frank Foster said with a smile: "It sounds reasonable. The highest quotation we have received so far is based on the market value of 62 billion yuan."

After hearing Frank Foster's words, Lin Xiao quickly calculated in his mind that 62% of the shares with a market value of 22.8 billion yuan would be more than 14 billion yuan.

This money is a bit much. Even if I collect 10 billion yuan, there is still a big gap.

However, how credible are the other party's words?
Thinking this way in his heart, Lin Xiao didn't show it on his face. He continued to maintain a relatively calm expression, and then said to the other party:
"Mr. Frank's words may not be true. If it is to acquire part of the equity held by your company, I think the price is understandable."

"But if an investment institution buys all the shares in your company at this price at one time..."

Lin Xiao shook his head, no one's money came from the wind. Under the current situation of Nasdaq, an investment institution spent more than one billion yuan to buy the shares of a second-rate company in an industry with a small market size. , in Lin Xiao's view, it is unlikely.

Selling all the shares of ASML at a valuation of 62 billion yuan is very likely to be an ideal state for Frank Foster to negotiate.

Frank Foster blinked his eyes, but his expression did not change at all, and he immediately continued to speak:
"Mr. Lin, there is no point in lying to you. ASML has been very stable in the capital market, and investment institutions have long been very interested in its shares."

"That was before the Nasdaq bubble burst." Lin Xiao said with a smile, and then did not wait for the other party to refute, but said again:
"Mr. Frank, the valuation of 62 billion yuan is actually acceptable, but I think it's too much money and too risky, so I have two suggestions."

Frank Foster remained calm, and Lin Xiaodao continued:

"I don't think all investment institutions agree with the valuation of 62 billion, so Mr. Frank might as well bring together other investment institutions that recognize this valuation to join us in acquiring ASML's shares. The specific acquisition ratio will be negotiated between us and the other party. .”

While Frank Foster was pondering, Lin Xiao continued, "This is my first suggestion, and the second one is to buy 62% of the shares at a valuation of 15 billion yuan by Future Investment. After the market dynamics, if ASML continues to have such a stable performance, future investment will continue to acquire the remaining shares.”

After listening to Frank Foster, he made some calculations in his heart, looked at Lin Xiao, and asked with a smile: "So the future investment can only be 10 billion yuan, is that so?"

"You can think of it this way." Lin Xiao said straightforwardly, "For the acquisition of ASML, at this stage, future investment is indeed unwilling to spend more than 10 billion yuan."

Originally, Frank Foster guessed that Lin Xiao could only come up with 10 billion meters of gold after doing some calculations, but after Lin Xiao admitted it as a bachelor, he didn't feel like it.

Perhaps it is more likely that the future investment will only be willing to spend 10 billion yuan for this acquisition, Frank Foster muttered in his heart.

Immediately Frank Foster said directly to Lin Xiao: "Mr. Lin, I have already learned about your plan, but I am sorry that I cannot directly agree to you. We have to listen to other companies' quotations."

After finishing speaking, Frank Foster added, "If other investment institutions are interested in the first plan, I will contact Mr. Lin in time."

The other party obviously had no intention of continuing the conversation, and Lin Xiao had a solid idea of ​​Philips' general plan, so he stood up at this moment.

"Okay, Mr. Frank, I've been in Silicon Valley for the past few days, and you are welcome to contact me anytime."

"Okay." Frank Foster said, and suddenly said:
"Mr. Lin, if there are other investment institutions willing to buy some shares at a higher valuation, are you still interested in joining us?"

"That depends on the price. In general, future investment is willing to maintain communication." Lin Xiao did not directly agree to avoid Frank Foster's price increase, but he did not directly refuse, because if other investment institutions If you want to increase the price, he will still choose to follow.

Purchasing ASML's shares to enter the lithography industry is too important for Lin Xiao's chip plan.

After leaving Philips Silicon Valley and returning to the hotel, Lin Xiao asked Lan Yumo, "Is it possible to get some more money from Nasdaq stocks?"

After hearing Lin Xiao's words, Lan Yumo immediately asked in surprise, "Do you want to take all the ASML shares in Philips' hands?"

Lin Xiao nodded heavily. He didn't just think about it, he thought about it too much. After more than ten years of development in ASML, coupled with the capital entry after listing, the shares have been relatively dispersed at this time, and the 22.8% Shares, future investment will become the largest shareholder of ASML in one fell swoop.

This means that in the future communication with ASML, I will have the initiative.

Lan Yumo finally couldn't help saying what she wanted to say yesterday: "Although the performance of this company on Nasdaq is very stable, it is also very difficult to have too much performance just because it is so stable. If you buy shares in this company, it is unlikely to make money in the short term, or in a short period of time.”

"I know!" Lin Xiao looked at Lan Yumo's puzzled face and said, "But I'm not here to make money, at least not for now!"

Thinking about letting Lan Yumo become a director of Huaxin Technology in the future, Lin Xiao also said to Lan Yumo seriously at this time:
"I told you last time that investing in the establishment of Huaxin Technology and now acquiring shares in ASML are all for the same goal, hoping to have more say in the chip industry."

"This is not only for the longer-term development of the ancient system, especially the ancient science and technology, but also to help China's high-tech development."

"I want to take advantage of the fact that the United States has not paid attention to our China, and while the island country is attracting the attention of the United States, we will make a plan first and plant a fire for the Chinese chip industry in advance."

Lan Yumo looked at Lin Xiao in a daze. Lin Xiao had never talked to her about these things before, and she really did not expect that Lin Xiao had such a huge plan behind him.

After being silent for half a minute, Lan Yumo turned to Lin Xiao and said, "If you really level up all the stocks in your hand, you still don't have enough 14 billion yuan. Like I told you, many stocks haven't fallen to that reserve price yet. .”

Lin Xiao nodded, and after a few seconds, he said again: "Then let's use 10 billion yuan to get more shares as much as possible, and then wait for those stocks to have a chance to close their positions, and see if there are any shares." Opportunity to spend more money to buy it from those investment institutions.

As long as we have the opportunity to allow Huaxia to enter the field of lithography technology as soon as possible, even if I spend all my money in it, I will not hesitate! "

When he said this, Lin Xiao's tone was extremely firm!

Lan Yumo looked at Lin Xiao, this time, he was no longer as cold as usual.

To be honest, she didn't fully understand what Lin Xiao said about chips and lithography technology, nor did she really understand why Lin Xiao said how important these things were to China's high-tech development.

However, this did not prevent Lan Yumo from being moved.

As long as you think of what Lin Xiao said in the hot interview, it is not difficult to understand Lin Xiao's starting point for all this.

"Yumo, do you think it is possible for us to cooperate with other investment institutions?"

Lin Xiao's sudden voice at this time made Lan Yumo quickly withdraw his eyes, and then the whole eyes and expression regained their cold look.

"It should be relatively large. Judging from Frank Foster's last words today, he should be able to bring us together with other investment institutions, but I don't know if the other party will take the opportunity to raise the price."

Lin Xiao nodded, "Let's keep in touch with Frank Foster for the next two days."

Now the initiative is on the Philips side, what I can do is not to be kicked out by the opponent for the time being.

What Lin Xiao didn't expect was that Frank Foster's operation was quite fast. Only two days later, he notified Lin Xiao that Blackstone Capital was willing to cooperate with other investment institutions to buy shares in ASML.

At the same time, Frank Foster also brought some bad news to Lin Xiao. The attitude of Blackstone Capital is that they need to take away the bulk of the shares.

Hearing that Blackstone Capital wanted to take away the bulk of the shares, Lin Xiao was naturally unwilling, but he was also worried that Blackstone Capital would leave him alone and cooperate with other investment institutions.

So after a little hesitation, Lin Xiao agreed to Frank Foster's proposal for a tripartite meeting at Philips Silicon Valley the next morning.

"It's really not possible, let's see if we can make some profit and get more shares from Blackstone Capital." Lin Xiao who hung up the phone said silently in his heart.

Before coming to Silicon Valley, he did not expect that there would be so many difficulties in acquiring ASML's shares this time.

　Continuous overtime work is extremely exhausting. I have a severe headache in the afternoon of these two days. I originally wanted to write 6 words, but I can’t bear the headache. Today, I will only write 4 words~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)