Early morning.

Tom's old butler helped Su Mu make a cup of black tea.

It's been four days since I came back from New York, and today I finally saw the news I wanted to know in the newspaper - AMD sued Intel for unilateral breach of contract.

The giants fight, for many small companies is no less than an earthquake, Su Mu became a minority shareholder of Intel Corporation, attached great importance to this news, read a whole report from the business page of the "San Francisco Chronicle" over and over again, and found that as he expected, this time Intel was determined to cut off cooperation with AMD, as if ready, on the same day, he countersued AMD for breach of contract first, and illegally changed Intel's technology.

Most of the lawsuits are protracted, and the impact is directly reflected in the stock market, there is no limit to the rise or fall of US stocks in a single day, and I called and asked a newly hired financial advisor, and learned that AMD's stock price fell by 16.4% as soon as the market opened, and it continues to decline.

In this era, AMD's main technology comes from Intel, and its own R&D strength is not strong, without the patent support provided by Intel, AMD is bound to go downhill, and it is a matter of course that the stock price falls.

Intel, on the other hand, seems to be sued is bad news, but today's stock price rose 7.9 percent after the open, without the drag of AMD, investors believe that it can achieve better development space, Su Mu made a small amount of money, after deducting the cost of premium acquisition, it is only four or five million dollars.

I feel that it can rise a little more in the future, so I don't have the idea of selling it directly for the time being, and now the financial pressure is not great, and he is not in a hurry to return the funds.

Looking at the world, there are not many companies that can compete with Intel, coupled with the gradual increase in PC sales, the good news makes Su Mu think he can take a gamble.

......

It was good news, Su Mu was in a good mood, sitting on the chaise longue at the door and drinking black tea, in front of him was a large field of Louis XIV roses, the purple-blue petals were deep and charming.

At this moment he told the old butler Tom, who was helping to add the tea, that "these flowers are so beautiful, but unfortunately Louis XIV has a short flowering period, they belong to the moon flowers, and the shape of the flowers is not good." ”

Old Tom didn't know what Su Mu wanted to say, and looked sideways at the sunlit garden, as well as the green meadows, lakes, and green trees in the distance.

He replied with a smile: "The gardener takes care of them very carefully, this color is beautiful, isn't it, sometimes I am glad that I learned how to be a housekeeper in the first place, although this beautiful scenery is not mine, but I can also appreciate it, if I had become a cook or a policeman at that time, I would have lived in an ordinary little house for the rest of my life." ”

"Look at this new variety of roses called Meiviolin (salon gems) in the newspapers, how about we grow them on the fence around us?

It's not easy to be a housekeeper, and I always feel that there is something missing in this house, perhaps because it is far away from the city and too quiet. ”

Old Tom's butler took the newspaper, took out his reading glasses from his breast pocket and put them on, and smiled: "Very beautiful flowers, I will ask where I can buy them, you young people always like to be lively, and only those who are old like me like me like to be quiet, after coming to work with you, I can sleep very comfortably at night." ”

"Maybe, help me get my clothes ready, it's almost time, I'm going to go to the company later......"

A few days ago in New York, a group of shareholders of the Empire State Building Associates met with Citibank to provide a $60 million loan to the company for the development of the property and to keep the company running.

Recently, it has been very busy, and it is not important to say that it is idle, and the only thing that makes Su Mu a headache is Penguin Company, which provides computer screens with problems, and has received reports in recent days that there are thousands of computer screens with problems.

The new Dream2 Penguin computer that had just been sold was recalled again, which affected sales to a certain extent, and the opinions of agents, sellers, and customers were quite big, Su Mu couldn't say anything, and he was not ready to knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, and Sharp became a punching bag.

After the product quality problems were exposed, the market value of Sharp fell and computer manufacturers, including Penguin, who purchased Sharp screens, were also not happy.

IBM understated, just promised to replace the screen, and other companies also announced recalls, all of which were not as sincere as Su Mu, of course, customers had opinions, but they were not as big as originally expected, but it was more troublesome to deal with and wasted a lot of time and energy.

The Sharp company, which produces the screens, is responsible for this, and Su Mu is rushing to meet with the representatives sent by the Sharp company, which is arranged at the company's headquarters on Dune Road in Menlo Park.

Since the beginning of the production of computers, Penguin has been using Sharp products, belongs to the old customers, the purchase volume is not high, but there is a lot, last year's trade volume was as high as more than 20 million US dollars, this year compared with the same period last year.

Su Mu knew the representative named Kakuei Yamashita, and every time a new product came out, he would bring it to the Penguin Company, and through a layer of glass, Blake asked him, "How much compensation are you going to ask?"

"Let's act when the opportunity arises, I have to test their psychological bottom line first......"

Pushing open the door and walking into the small conference room, Su Mu didn't say hello to a few people, and as soon as he came up, he looked ugly and asked the teacher: "I believe in the quality of your Sharp's products, this time it really made me miserable, our company's new products have just been launched, but they have to be all recalled!"

Recently, he has been scolded, Yamashita Kakuei's expression is embarrassed, his face is thick enough, and his face is not thick enough to do sales, so he instantly bent down and bowed and apologized: "I'm very sorry! This is the mistake of our company's R&D department, and we have been seizing the time to make up for product defects, and our company will compensate you for all losses!"

He bowed and apologized, and the other two themselves stood up, and a penguin employee passed by outside, stopping to look around, not understanding what was happening, so Blake closed the blinds.

"This is no longer a matter of loss, because of your mistakes, our company has missed the golden time to compete with other companies! You should know that my products cannot be sold, and customers will buy other companies' products!"

Half angry, half pretended, the accident has already happened, and what needs to be considered is how to fight for the maximum benefit and get compensation from Sharp.

Seeing that they bent down and bowed and apologized again, Su Mu sat on the chair with his ass, exhaled, and slowed down his voice: "The other people in charge of the same industry are very angry, Panasonic sent someone to contact us, and Philips also asked us to purchase its products, now tell me, what kind of compensation can you give......"