Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 211
When Morgan Stanley was unwilling to provide additional cover for the deal between Commodore and Allen Bradley, the two companies came to an understanding within a very short period of time.

Since both parties are in the acquisition case, all transactions during this period will be closely monitored by the Securities and Exchange Commission of America, so they can only save the country with curves.

The day after receiving the threat, Allen Bradley and Commodore entrusted a Wall Street private equity fund to make an acquisition offer to Ethan Jones. According to Ethan Jones, they were willing to pay 800 million Purchased all of Ethan Jones's shares in Chuck Paddo Chip Company at a price of US dollars and bearing all capital gains taxes that Ethan Jones incurred as a result of the transaction.

At the same time, they also made an offer to Nintendo Kyoto Chip Production Company, willing to buy the production authorization of the 200 chip in the notebook at a price of 6502 million US dollars, and promised that even if they obtained the production authorization of the 6502 notebook, in the next five years, They also won't produce 6502 chips in this book.

The former transaction made Ethan Jones very satisfied.

He signed decisively, and in the afternoon, these people transferred the money into his bank account.

The latter transaction was two days late due to the time difference.

When Hiroshi Yamauchi, who is located at the Nintendo headquarters in Kyoto, received this inexplicable acquisition contract, he immediately laughed and signed it after reading the content.Since Ethan Jones had already communicated with Arakawa, Arakawa, who was also driven back to the book, had a panoramic view of this scene.

Looking at the extremely happy old father-in-law, Arakawa pursed his lips with mixed feelings.

At this moment, he found that his father-in-law was right. When a ferocious beast encounters an attack from the outside world for the first time, it will definitely fight bravely. It will tear the enemy into pieces with bared teeth and claws, because only in this way can it keep its own life. It belongs to your own interests.

But there was one thing he couldn't understand -

"Kommodore and Alan Bradley lost like this?"

"They are too...too...too disappointing, right?"

"They have strong forces, and they have extraordinary backgrounds. They even brought in Morgan Stanley for the deal, but now..."

"Ethan Jones just threatened them, and they surrendered?"

Arakawa looked at his father-in-law in astonishment.

Hearing these words, Hiroshi Yamauchi also put down the contract in his hand. Two million US dollars was nothing to him, but this kind of behavior of making money back made him extremely comfortable.

Staring at his son-in-law who couldn't believe it, this old man who had been in business for many years had an emotional smile on his face, "Arakawa, this is actually the weakness of professional managers."

"Do you know why our family, your family, or many big families in our country would rather hire a son-in-law than hire a professional manager for the family business?"

"This is not because the professional managers in our country are not capable enough, but because they always lack the blood. Their power is given by shareholders, and shareholders pursue the greatest interests. In order to maintain their positions, those professional managers must They will regard things like financial reports as extremely important.”

"But in many cases, the development of a company is not just based on financial reports. If the person in power is a lunatic that everyone fears, everyone thinks that the guy who violated his business will definitely face crazy revenge, and even this kind of revenge is impossible. You don’t need to wait for many years, it will appear in the next second, then this enterprise will definitely develop better than other normal enterprises.”

"And this kind of madness only happens when those in power can really call the shots."

Speaking of this, Hiroshi Yamauchi stopped, bowed and wanted to make a cup of tea for himself.

Imanishi Hiroshi acted faster and took action decisively after seeing that his boss wanted to drink tea.

This situation made Hiroshi Yamauchi smile, and nodded at the other party.

He picked up the tea cup, put it to his mouth, blew twice, and then drank it all.

The sudden hotness made him squint his eyes instantly, and the bitterness filling his mouth made him smile and shake his head.

After taking a sip, he put down the teacup in his hand, and then said to his son-in-law who was still dazed: "Where is the document that Ethan Jones asked you to bring? Show me."

These words brought back Minoru Arakawa's thoughts. After he delivered the document to his father-in-law, the word authorization that came into view made Yamauchi couldn't help but nod.

Open it up, and it says——

On August [-], [-], Western Design officially authorized the agency rights of the eight-bit central processing unit to Nintendo Kyoto Chip Production Company.Beginning on August [-], [-], Nintendo Kyoto Chip Manufacturing Co., Ltd. can produce and sell our company's eight-bit central processing unit within the territory of Japan.In principle, our company does not intervene in the whole process of the production and operation of the chip in this book, but Nintendo Kyoto Chip Production Company shall not sell the chip to other regions other than the book by direct export, and shall not sell the chip to Ami in any way Liga.

The authorization is for ten years.

An annual licensing fee of $20.

At the same time, for every chip produced by Nintendo Kyoto Chip Production Company, Western Design Company will take fifty cents of patent fees. Starting from the fourth year, this figure will be reduced by five cents every year. By the end of the tenth year, each chip will The royalty fee is fifteen cents.

Although by then, the production significance of this chip will no longer be significant, but what should be smoked still has to be smoked.

When Hiroshi Yamauchi found out that the chief engineer of Western Design Company was Bill Mensch...

He immediately closed the file and threw it on the coffee table.

"Bill Mensch is the circuit architect of 6502?" He glanced at Imamishi Hiroshi beside him.

"Yes." Nintendo General Manager Hiroshi Imanishi nodded immediately.

"Oh——Ethan Jones did it after solving the chip crisis." Yamauchi Hiroshi saw through all the processes of the whole incident, and said with a smile: "It can—very powerful little guy—"

Then he taught his son-in-law, "Arakawa, you are in North America, you can watch and learn more."

If he had heard these words half a year ago, Arakawa Minority would have scoffed.

But now, he nodded seriously.

At the same time, he was also curious, "Based on the current situation, Ethan Jones has won?"

Although Arakawa really didn't say another question in his heart, how could the two people at the scene not know?
"Arakawa, you're overthinking this."

Hiroshi Imanoshi, General Manager of Nintendo, shook his head and said, "This is at best the first round of the contest. The capitalists in North America didn't understand Ethan Jones' character, so they fell into a disadvantage."

"After they figure out Ethan Jones' vindictive style, their next round of attacks will be more cautious and fierce, so..."

Hiroshi Imamishi stretched out his voice.

Hiroshi Yamauchi took over the conversation, "We still have a chance."

"Don't worry Arakawa, those people must be watching him carefully with a magnifying glass..."

As Hiroshi Yamauchi guessed, shortly after Allen Bradley and Commodore quietly came to Wall Street, Goldman Sachs, who had been staring at them, got the news.

After they learned that Ethan Jones was playing a very new game of buying shares with those in Komodor, in the office of the CEO of Goldman Sachs, John Weinberg and John White The two of Heide immediately laughed out loud like a pig.

"You see what I said is right!"

"Lawrence Rockefeller was not a good man!"

"Ethan Jones robbing Komodor with Morgan Stanley involved?"

"And the robbery was successful?"

“Oh—that’s seriously the funniest joke I’ve heard this year!”

"Hahaha—hiccup—"

Morgan Stanley's resignation brought John Whitehead to tears.

And John Weinberg next to him...

He also kept banging on the table.

As the saying goes, peers are enemies. Goldman Sachs and Morgan have been fighting for decades, and neither of them has beaten the other to death. In this case, watching the other party eat shit is simply more fun than making money yourself!
And after laughing, John Weinberg said: "So now..."

"I think the time is ripe for action." John Whitehead understood what the other party meant.

"Then..." John Weinberg rummaged through the folder and pulled out a stack of documents.

"Send it." John Whitehead took it with a smile, and then let the secretary come to work.

That afternoon, Goldman Sachs Group held a press conference at its headquarters.

The speaker held the speech in his hand, and read it carefully to the media friends below——

"Recently, Goldman Sachs conducted a large-scale survey of the technology industry and found that there are major problems and hidden dangers in the current hot CPU industry..."

"The development of Intel and Motorola is relatively flat, and they have not gained much market share in the current hot personal computer industry. This situation may affect their market value in the long run, and the most famous MOS technology, their sales cannot bear it Their market value..."

"According to our Goldman Sachs survey, the current cheapest central processing unit MOS 6502 has serious patent problems. So far, there are three companies that have patents for this series of chips, namely MOS Technology, the current manufacturer of MOS 6502, and MOS 6502. Motorola, the patent owner of Motorola 6800, and Western Design, a company newly founded by the main R&D personnel of MOS 6502..."

"When the patent of a chip is owned by three companies, the current hot sale is a good look. Once Motorola and Western Design are put into production, MOS Technology will no longer be able to control the chip market through 6502. According to our estimates, At the end of this year, their market share may drop by 50.00%, and their company's total market value has a room to fall from 30.00% to [-]%..."

"This situation may have a huge impact on Komodo's acquisition. So far, Komodo's acquisition offer for MOS Technology is US$300 million, which is close to a 2000% difference from our expected US$40.00 million. , so we urge investors to invest with caution..."

"In addition, the patent issue of 6502 may also have a certain impact on Rockwell, which wants to enter the computer industry, Apple Computer, which already occupies a leading position in the computer industry, and Tandy Company, which produces TRS-80 , since Apple Computer is not currently on the market, the impact will not be directly reflected in the public market, but Rockwell and Tandy, which are already listed..."

"Their market values ​​may all be at risk of falling."

"The personal computer industry and the chip industry are the current risky industries, please take precautions."

When the major media publicized Goldman Sachs' rhetoric at the press conference...

Allen Bradley, Commodore, Rockwell and Tandy Company instantly cursed!
Because everyone understands that this special code is a short selling report!
Goldman Sachs warns all investors that they are going to short computer-related companies!
And this fact turned the faces of Komodor and Alan Bradley green!
They just offered Ethan Jones $1000 million and asked the ancestor to leave the company!And now, Goldman Sachs suddenly appeared again, saying that their market value could fall by half?
I really fell for your mother!
That night, Commodore and MOS Technology directly issued a document, stating that the Goldman Sachs report was purely false, their company had no risk, and there was no possibility of a decline.

The confused Rockwell and the confused Tandy did not fall behind and issued an announcement the next morning. The former stated that their core purpose of acquiring Allen Bradley was to stabilize their main business. Business income, the latter revealed their purchase price from Chuck Paido Chip Manufacturing Company, saying that 6502 at twelve dollars a piece can withstand all risks.

But even so, the market reacted fiercely. After the stock market opened that day, MOS Technology took the lead and plunged 5.00 points, and Komodor also fell by [-]%. Tandy, which is famous for personal computers, fell by [-]%, and even Rockwell, which has little involvement in the entire industry, suffered some sell-offs, directly falling by [-]%.

This fact made the deeply affected computer company cry, and Ethan Jones, who was far away in California... After listening to Steve Ballmer's report, he immediately smiled and shook his head.

'The mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind, right? '

'Wall Street guys are a bunch of old coins! '

In fact, when Ethan learned that there was Morgan Stanley behind Commodore and Rockwell, he knew that Goldman Sachs couldn't sit still.

Unfortunately, he never guessed what Goldman Sachs would do.

But now, everything is clear. Unlike Morgan Stanley’s black knight robbery, Goldman Sachs is playing a short-selling trick. Making money in this way seems to be more risky than Morgan Stanley, but from public opinion Generally speaking, ordinary people who don't know why are more acceptable.

Because in the eyes of the public, Goldman Sachs only released some industry reports in a realistic manner. The decline in the stock prices of the companies involved in the reports was due to the evils of those companies themselves, and had nothing to do with Goldman Sachs.

Not only that, but Goldman Sachs is also a good person, helping people clear mines there.

Ethan had never believed in such overly beautified public opinion in his previous life, but he had to say...

These guys did a great job.

"Is there anything else?" Ethan looked at Ballmer with a smile.

"No more." Ballmer shook his head.

"Okay, then you can go back to work and notify me if there is anything urgent. If not...just let them handle it themselves."

Now that Goldman Sachs has taken action to rob, Ethan feels that he can take a rest.

There is no other reason, it is purely that in the case of Goldman Sachs' move, people like Commodore, Alan Bradley, and Morgan Stanley have no intention of dealing with themselves.

In the vast majority of cases, Goldman Sachs will not release a short report, and once they release it, they will definitely burp before leaving the market.

MOS Technology's 13.00% is just the beginning, Rockwell's 5.00% is not enough at all, and Goldman Sachs will definitely smash it in the rest of the time.

For the target company, this period of time is a proper day of suffering, but for Ethan Jones...you don't care!The harder you hit, the better!The world was shattered by the beating!It's okay to wipe out the Dao of the fight!

He doesn't care who wins or loses!
He just wants to sleep peacefully for a while!

(End of this chapter)