Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 203 Copy
It's night, in the chairman's office of Destiny Games.

Ethan Jones is standing in front of a whiteboard, writing and drawing with a grease pen.

"The current situation is that the patent right of the MOS 6502 chip is in MOS Corporation, the North American production line of MOS 6502 is in Chuck Pedro Chip Company, the book production line of MOS 6502 is in Nintendo Kyoto Chip Production Company, and the parent company of MOS, Or in other words, the major shareholder holding most of the shares is a company named Allen Bradley..."

Ethan wrote MOS in the center of the whiteboard, and then drew a line to the lower left and lower right, marking Chuck Paduo and Nintendo respectively.At the same time, he also wrote his name below the two companies, and marked the 20.00% shareholding mark.

Then, he drew another vertical line above MOS, wrote Alan Bradley, and then marked their shareholding in MOS, 50.00% [-], behind their names.

This is the data listed on the NYSE.

After doing all this, he drew two bars behind the two companies, Allen Bradley and MOS, and wrote Rockwell and Commodore (commodore) respectively, and above the bars Marked 5.00% shareholding and takeover offer.

When all this appeared in front of Evelyn, the girl sitting on the boss chair immediately said: "So now the problem we are facing is, no matter which of these two companies succeeds in the acquisition, they can directly get the MOS 6502." The patent for this chip... right?"

"When this fact emerged, even if we own the shares of Chuck Paduo, we have no way to achieve countermeasures, because Chuck Paduo has only obtained the production authorization of the 6502 chip, and does not own the chip. The real patent of this chip?"

Ethan nodded at his sister's words, "Yeah~"

At the same time, he also said: "Of course, even if these two companies have not been acquired, we have no way to counter it, because we only own 20.00% of the equity of Chuck Pedro."

When the private line in Ethan's office was about to be blown up by the outside world, how could Evelyn, who was only separated from him by a wall, not know that the company was in crisis?When the girl asked, Ethan, who had sorted out the matter clearly, began to speak clearly.

As the current situation emerged, Evelyn also asked: "So, what is the market value of the company MOS? What is the market value of Komodor who wants to acquire them? And Alan Bradley, Have you checked their market value?"

This question made Ethan raise his right hand, and while marking on the whiteboard, he said: "MOS has a market value of 300 million U.S. dollars today, Komodor's market value today is 7000 and [-] million U.S. dollars, and Alan Bradley Today’s market value is US$[-] billion.”

"?"

Evelyn was taken aback by her younger brother's annotation.

Then, doubts flickered in those bright eyes——

"So what's our problem now?"

"The market value of MOS is only 300 million?"

"The Komodor that wants to buy it is only 7000 two million?"

"The market value of these companies is not as much as the cash in our hands!"

"Why do you worry about this kind of transaction whose total market value can't compare with our cash flow?"

Evelyn felt that Ethan's previous anxiety was unreasonable.

In other words, she felt that the reaction from the outside world was a bit extreme.

When the fair value of competitors in the open market is not as much as their cash, just using the simplest method of throwing money in business can kill all these guys!
In this case, only Alan Bradley, the defense supply company, was in trouble.

But to be honest, Evelyn doesn't think that a manufacturing company worth more than one billion can have more funds than them, let alone they just received 7000 million from Nintendo.

When they have [-] million cash in their hands...

"Ethan, if you think MOS 6502 is very important to us, why don't you just buy MOS?" Evelyn turned slightly, resting her chin on her left hand, and said, "If you think Rockwell is difficult to deal with, Then provide them with low-cost chips. Anyway, the chip industry cannot be monopolized, so instead of fighting them, it is better to supply them directly.”

"Oh—my dear sister—"

Evelyn's words made Ethan laugh, "I actually thought the same as you at first."

"I also think there is no problem with direct acquisition, even if the premium is 20.00%, 30.00%, or even [-]%! As long as we can hold the chip in our hands, we will be invincible."

"But... when I asked Steve Ballmer to check the information of these companies, I found that my thinking was a bit too simple, because the company Komodor is not simple."

While speaking, he also picked up the documents placed aside and handed them to his sister.

As Evelyn flipped through the pages, the contents inside also made the girl frown.

Although both Steve Ballmer and Steve Jobs stated that the company that proposed to acquire MOS was named Commodore International (Kommodore International), but those who actually hold shares in MOS and want to acquire MOS, In fact, it is their subsidiary Commodore Business Machines (Commodore Business Machines), referred to as CBM.

The market capitalization of 7000 and [-] million U.S. dollars that Ethan mentioned just now belongs to CBM. The value of this guy is not as much as the cash in the hands of Destiny Games, but their parent company has a current market capitalization of more than [-] million U.S. dollars.

Of course, on the surface, this number still cannot pose a threat to Ethan and the others, because if the market value is really to be counted, the fate game of crazy gold-making has taken off early, but in many cases, the market value is not a thing at all. It can't reflect the real situation of a company, right?

For example, which one is more valuable, a company with more than US$3000 billion in debt or a company with US$500 billion in cash reserves?There is no need to say more about this kind of thing, right?
This is also the case with Komodor, a company with a strong background.

Their founder, Jack Tramill, was Jewish, like Ralph Bell.

The only difference is that Ralph Bell is of German descent, while he is of Polish descent.

Therefore, after the blitz, he became a captive and had a very miserable childhood. He was not rescued by the American Army until four or five years ago.

This reason made him immigrate to America. Since the guy who saved him from the fire and water was the US Army, the first thing he did after immigrating was to join the army.

And this choice made his later life smooth, because his start-up capital was veteran subsidies, and the company’s development funds came from the start-up loans issued by the US Army to veterans. Even if he later did business with WP member countries, America No one checked him.

No way, who let his company have funds from the US Army?

Of course, if the background of Komodor is only these, then Ethan will not take them to heart at all, but besides himself, the other four major shareholders in Komodor are the Ford Foundation, Morgan Guarantee companies, Citibank, Carnegie pension funds.

"Evelyn, don't you want to compete with these people for more money?"

When Evelyn raised her head in shock, Ethan laughed out loud, "The Ford family, the Morgan family, the Carnegie family, how different are they from the Rockefellers?"

"Even if it's the worst Ford family here! We can't compare, right?"

"..." Evelyn fell silent.

Ethan sighed, returned to the whiteboard, and said, "So, in the current acquisition case, Rockwell is actually the weakest, but no matter how weak they are..."

"They also sell arms."

"It's not... Are these people out of their minds? Why do they all come to work on computers?" Evelyn was a little puzzled, "Compared with their main business, the profits of computers are too small, right?"

"But the meaning of capitalists' existence is to grab all the benefits." Ethan can understand what these people do, "Where there is money to be made, they will appear."

This fact silenced Evelyn.

And Ethan sat down weakly.

To be honest, after reading the information of those people, Ethan's first reaction was to call these guys and ask them to quote him a price. He would sell the company to whoever bid the most.

What?Someone asked why?
Very simple!

He stopped playing!
Ethan only felt that he was the most unlucky time traveler!From the moment he made the first money, countless giants have been staring at him!It started with Walt Disney and Philips!And then Warner!Then there's Nintendo!And then Rockefeller!Rockwell!Morgan!Ford!Barbara!
If he had known that starting a business was so tiring, he would have sold "Snake" long ago!
Then stud the money to Berkshire Hathaway!Waiting for retirement!

Although Principal Fred Terman had reminded him before that the group of people on Wall Street were staring at him, but he did not expect that the staring in the old principal's mouth was such a stare!

I don't accept your investment, I don't want to go public, and then you end up in person?
I fuck you!
Don't bring such a bully, okay!

"Ugh--"

Ethan sighed heavily, covering his cheeks with his hands.

While he was irritated, Evelyn, who was sitting behind the desk, asked, "Then what was Motorola CEO Robert Galvin doing calling?"

"Are they gone too?"

This question made Ethan lose the helplessness in his heart in an instant.

The so-called angry flame burns directly!

"Special!" Ethan got up and cursed: "He called to take advantage of the fire!"

"He said that Motorola can provide us with cheap chips, but he wants our global agency!"

"But the price he offered was only 15.00% of the selling price!"

"And it's still 15.00% of the actual sale price!"

"We need to share with them the losses in discounted sales!"

Evelyn couldn't accept the price either.

But what was even more strange to her was, "How can Motorola have cheap chips?"

When this question came up, Ethan sighed again, "Because——"

"MOS gave the 6501 chip to Motorola—"

MOS 6502 is based on MOS 6501, and MOS 6501 is actually an infringing product of Motorola 6800. Ethan has mentioned these things to Evelyn.

At the same time, Evelyn also knew that after the advent of MOS 6501, Chuck Padow and others who didn’t know how to solve the legal problem sent the chip directly to Motorola, hoping to obtain Motorola’s permission to sell it, and then Motorola sent it to Motorola. They sued.

Then, MOS killed 6501 by itself, and at the same time gave Motorola a certain amount of compensation.

When these facts appeared in Evelyn's mind, the girl who was admitted to Stanford by virtue of her own ability immediately discovered the key point, "That is to say, after MOS admitted its infringement and compensated Motorola, the 6501 patent The power fell into the hands of Motorola?"

"Yes, that's what it is."

Ethan said: "Because 6501 is an infringing product, in order to solve the infringement lawsuit, MOS can only open this product to Motorola for free. In this case, Motorola has the right to produce 6501 chips, and 6501 and Isn’t the biggest difference between 6502 and 6501 modified? If they re-develop based on the [-] patent, it’s not an infringement.”

"So, if we want chips, Motorola will fix the modification problem within a month and then supply us. They didn't do this before because they really don't make money selling chips."

"When MOS sells 6502 at an ultra-low price, Motorola, which can't make money, won't do modification at all, but if we can use this modification in exchange for a global agent of our game..."

"Then they are willing to do it."

"But we are not fools." Evelyn said angrily.

At this moment, she really felt that there were wolves before and tigers behind.

Following the silence of the two, the office fell into silence.

Evelyn leaned back on the boss chair with her head held high, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Ethan put his hands on his forehead and bowed his body, as if he was thinking about something.

but……

Both of them are clear.

There are many problems in this world that cannot be solved by simple thinking.

I don't know how long it took, but Evelyn, who came back to her senses, asked, "So it's a dead end now? We can't find a way to break the game at all?"

"It doesn't count." The sister's words made Ethan stand up again, and said: "All problems can be solved, but all solutions are based on complete information."

"The biggest problem we are facing right now is that no one knows what Alan Bradley and MOS are thinking. If Alan Bradley intends to be acquired by Rockwell, at the same time, MOS is also willing to accept technology. Mordor’s offer, then we have to pull away.”

"As a normal person, it is impossible for me to get involved in such a thing between giants."

"And once that happens, we have to go find new chips."

"Or Motorola?" Evelyn asked.

"No—" Ethan shook his head and said, "Intel."

"It's our best bet."

"Although I made Wenlock's people lose face before, Lawrence Rockefeller has become a shareholder of Apple Computer after all. When tens of millions of funds have been injected and education purchases are being negotiated, it is impossible for him to accept his company's shortcomings. The condition of the core."

"And as long as Apple can get the chip, we can get the chip too."

"But then we have to modify the machine," Evelyn said. "Also, when we choose Intel, our costs will skyrocket. You know what I mean?"

Ethan understood that what Evelyn was talking about was the cost of the mainframe.

But what can I do?

"Let's buy in large quantities." Ethan thought for a while, and said, "Keep down the cost by purchasing in large quantities. It just so happens that we have money in our hands..."

Such words made Evelyn rest her forehead and sigh lightly.

At this moment, she really felt how tired Ethan said.

That kind of spontaneous helplessness is really not acceptable to ordinary people.

The coldness of falling from the clouds to the bottom of the valley can make people feel suffocated.

She even felt that if she was allowed to handle daily administrative affairs, the company might not be able to survive until now. When giants appeared again and again, she really didn't have the confidence to fight against them.

"Okay, you go back first." Just when Evelyn was thinking wildly, Ethan said, "It's getting late, you go back and rest."

"What about you?" Evelyn, who came back to her senses, asked strangely, "Aren't you going back?"

"No." Ethan shook his head and said, "I asked Steve Ballmer to charter a plane for me. I will leave at ten o'clock in the evening and go to the headquarters of MOS. I want to find out what they think."

The busy schedule made Evelyn open her mouth.

She wanted to reassure Ethan that tomorrow would be better, but...

That's lying.

Looking at the figure who got up to wipe the whiteboard, she sighed, "Be careful."

"I will."

After a brief conversation, there was only rustling in the office.

When Ethan finished wiping the whiteboard and was about to leave with the materials, Evelyn suddenly remembered something.

"Ethan, wait a minute," she yelled.

After Ethan turned around, she asked, "Why didn't you call Chuck?"

"He should have heard the news, right?"

"Let him ask MOS what he thinks?"

When Ethan caught the name Chuck Paddle, endless dissatisfaction suddenly appeared on Ben's calm face, "Oh! My! God!—"

"Don't mention him!"

"He seems to be missing!"

"What?" This situation surprised Evelyn, "Missing?"

"Yes, it seems to be playing missing..."

Ethan recounted his experience.

The fact that there were two phone calls and two results that day made Evelyn show the same beeping as Ballmer, "Is there a problem with Chuck?" she asked.

But in the next second she immediately said, "If Chuck is avoiding you, then it doesn't make any sense for you to go to MOS, because you can't get the answer you want there!"

Of course Ethan is aware of this situation, but——

"But if I don't go, I won't know!"

He spread his hands.

A wry smile.

The state of being like a headless chicken made Evelyn a little distressed.

"Then you ask the others?"

"Who am I asking?"

Ethan has already tried this path, but it doesn't work at all. "When people from MOS can tell the general manager of their production company that the R&D personnel have gone on a business trip, who else can I ask?"

"Ask Chuck's friends?" Evelyn suggested.

"I don't know him!" Ethan became more and more annoyed when he said this shit, "I don't know any of Chuck's friends! I don't know his family either!"

"The only people I know who made 6502 with him back then!"

"But the problem is, none of them who stayed in MOS can be found!"

"And what if the one who left MOS company is found!"

Ethan stomped his feet venting.

"Everything I encountered was a mess!"

"Pooh!"

"What a rotten person!"

Curse.

Turn around and leave.

And just as Ethan stepped out of the office, Evelyn suddenly said loudly: "Ethan! Wait a minute! Have we overlooked a problem?"

The excited words caused Ethan to turn around again, and when he frowned and looked at his sister, Evelyn continued without hiding: "Ethan, do you still remember that Chuck Paido, or MOS Company, why would they give you 20.00% of the shares?"

Even if this matter turns to ashes, Ethan will remember it!

"Because we help them solve legal infringement problems!" Ethan said.

Although almost three years have passed since this incident, Ethan still remembers it vividly, because it was the first time he really confronted the giants.Even though Motorola gave up the lawsuit directly after figuring out the laws in California, minimized its own losses, and did not fight Ethan hard, but this kind of victory still made Ethan excited. Of course... this kind of excitement is only available today Before.

"Yes, we helped them solve the legal problems of 6502 back then."

Seeing that her younger brother hadn't remembered the key point of the matter, Evelyn said directly: "And now, we also need to solve the legal issues of 6502."

"If there is no non-competition agreement in California and MOS can produce chips against Motorola, then it shouldn't be illegal to let the person who made 6502 make 6502?"

"Just change your name." Evelyn shrugged lightly.

At the same time, the girl stared at Ethan with burning eyes, "6502 was originally a plagiarized product. Now, the plagiarized product has been plagiarized. I think this should be a reasonable thing?"

"If the team of 6502 is still in MOS, then it may be a bit troublesome to handle this matter, but—"

"Someone of them left!"

"If Chuck Paido is overwhelmed by the sudden acquisition, we may have a psychological burden to do this kind of thing, but—"

"He's avoiding us!"

"If we can continue to use the 6502 chip, then we will definitely not do such boring things, but the problem is—"

"Those giants have already personally ended!"

"Why should we give them face when they are not human anymore?"

Evelyn propped her hands on the table, her head tilted slightly.

And that serious look made Ethan stunned on the spot.

"MFxxk!"

"Look for the original team to copy it once?"

"Oh! Sxxt! What's the idea of ​​this special code?"

he murmured.

However, although Ethan was cursing, he was smiling!

Because he found that this thing seems to be feasible!

Since there is no non-compete agreement in California, they can safely and boldly recruit people to make chips!

Now that the giants are gone, the special ones will be left to their own abilities!
Do you want to grab Lao Tzu's CPU in a hostile takeover?

Don't blame me for copying the CPU you bought at a big price for nothing!

Special code dare to attack Lao Tzu?

I reward you with a big bag!
Thinking of this, Ethan immediately shouted into the dark corridor——

"Ballmer!"

"Ballmer!"

"Ballmer!"

With his roar, the corridor with sensor lights lit up instantly.

After a few breaths, Ballmer, who had been guarding Ethan's office, suddenly appeared, "Boss?"

He lay on the door frame with a confused look on his face, "What's the matter?"

"Not going to MOS anymore! Change my itinerary! I'm going to Phoenix!"

Ballmer blinked at the sudden order.

Then he nodded immediately, jumped out of Ethan's office and went to make a phone call.

As he left, Ethan also turned around and wanted to thank his sister, but before he could say anything, he found the girl coming with a handbag.

Such a situation made Ethan instinctively say, "Shall I send you back first?"

"Do not--"

"what?"

"I'll go to Phoenix with you."

"Why?" Ethan was a little puzzled, and said, "I can handle this."

"I know." Evelyn looked at the boy in front of her.

His bright eyes were bloodshot at this moment.

This fact made the girl take a deep breath, and then smiled.

"But you are tired alone."

"Let's go~"

　[Correction]: The figure of 6502 million total sales of 150 written in the previous chapter is wrong. I have also included their sales in this book.Regardless of whether it is based on the demand in the article or the sales situation in reality, in 100 or [-], it broke [-] million at most.

　　Note: ① I did not find the number of Alan Bradley’s shareholding in MOS. I calculated it based on Alan Bradley’s shareholding in the new company after Komodor acquired MOS. ②The computer war back then was so outrageous. Behind Apple was Rockefeller, and among the shareholders of Commodore were Morgan and Carnegie families. Of course, compared with the former’s active investment, the latter’s passive investment was due to A financial scandal in the 60s.At that time, there was a financial company in Canada called AAC. It made financial fraud, lent loans indiscriminately, and issued bad checks. After these things were exposed, the investors of this financial company demanded their property back.But because the company has no money, the companies invested by AAC were divided up by giants such as Morgan, Carnegie, and Ford who invested in it. Since AAC owns a large amount of shares in Komodor and occupies three board seats, they The stock was taken away by those giants, and then those giants passively participated in the computer war in the 60s, and then intervened in the computer war.

　　
　
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