Text Chapter 992 Microsoft Buys Again, Hotmail
After taking a controlling stake in Netscape from the Pioneer Fund, Microsoft quickly got out of Mark Anderson and Jim Clark, successfully bringing Netscape under its umbrella, and finally ending the protracted "browser war".
$6 billion, Microsoft's money was not spent in vain, because, they got more - stimulated by this news, Microsoft's stock price continued to rise in the next few days as if it had taken an aphrodisiac, directly pushing the market value to $150 billion.
In other words, the price of $6 billion was exchanged for nearly $30 billion, which is definitely a great deal.
Of course, the Pioneer Fund naturally made a lot of money, because the 5% stake that was originally worth 6 billion yuan suddenly became 7.5 billion US dollars, and it skyrocketed by 1.5 billion US dollars in just a few days - this is definitely a huge profit.
With that in mind, the Pioneer Fund decided to make another deal with Microsoft, a win-win deal for everyone.
Hotmail, the world's first web-based email provider, was decided by the Pioneer Fund to sell it to Microsoft, which looked like a good match.
You know, after the acquisition of Netscape, Microsoft can be said to have "unified" the entire browser world, so once it eats Hotmail, it will rapidly expand its share in the email market. And, with Microsoft's near-monopoly on browsers and operating systems, Hotmail's rise is almost a foregone conclusion.
Hehe, I have to say that Microsoft bigwigs such as Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer think really well, but it's no wonder that Hotmail and Microsoft are so compatible that it's as if it was tailor-made for Microsoft.
Since Lang has a concubine, one is Ximenqing and the other is Pan Jinlian, one is willing to buy and the other is willing to sell, and the rest of the matter is very simple, let's talk about it. Besides, no matter what, it's just a price problem, and there are still problems in the world that can't be solved with money?
As a result, the Pioneer Fund quoted Microsoft a fairly conscientious price - $800 million, which is actually quite high. You know, in the previous life, Microsoft only spent less than 500 million yuan to acquire Hotmail, and now the pioneer fund directly asks for 800 million US dollars, which seems to be a bit black-hearted.
However, there is no comparison between the two, you know, Hotmail's development in recent years has been quite good, far better than the previous life. Therefore, the Pioneer Fund is not too dark to ask for this price code, not to mention, the Pioneer Fund is a wholly-owned Hotmail, and a hammer deal saves countless troubles.
However, in any case, Microsoft is not a stupid wrongdoer, so it is naturally impossible for them to agree to as much as the Pioneer Fund wants. Again, as long as both parties have this intention, then the price is easy to discuss, and isn't it just about money?
Therefore, Microsoft directly cut 300 million yuan and paid back a price of 500 million dollars to the pioneer fund.
Well, this price is already higher than the purchase price of the previous life, but since Microsoft quoted this price in the first round, it proves that this is definitely not his bottom line. So, in order to show its sincerity, the Pioneer Fund lowered the price of 800 million yuan a little, asking for 700 million US dollars, and said that this is the final price, otherwise there is no need to talk about it.
The lowest price is a yarn?
If Microsoft believes in the Pioneer Fund, it will be a ghost, what is the bad thing about these "capital giants", Bill Gates really knows too well.
So, there are no surprises, continue to bargain - 600 million, plus 100 million, it is full of sincerity, right?
In fact, this price has reached the satisfaction line of the pioneer fund, but it is a little more to make a little more, since it can continue to talk, continue to talk. It's just that the next negotiation between the two sides is a bit excessive, it doesn't look like two big companies are negotiating at all, but like two aunts in the vegetable market bargaining with each other.
From 10 million, 10 million to 1 million, 1 million, the last two shamelessly argued at the level of 100,000.
Fortunately, although the road was tortuous, the result was gratifying!
In the end, the Pioneer Fund and Microsoft reached a staggering figure of 666.6 million.
Nima, is it possible that foreigners are also superstitious that the number "6" is a lucky number, or do both sides want to express the meaning of "666"?
But, anyway, in the end, Microsoft managed to eat the Hotmail it needed, and the Pioneer Fund made a big profit again - $30 million has multiplied more than 20 times in a few years, becoming nearly $700 million.
After reaching a final acquisition agreement, the Pioneer Fund still wanted to "steal the chicken", telling Microsoft that the more than $600 million wanted to be paid for with Microsoft's shares. Hehe, this time Microsoft is shrewd, Nima, the last time I didn't pay attention, I was taken a big advantage by this guy, and I made $1.5 billion in vain, and I didn't agree to pay with shares this time, so I paid in cash, besides, Microsoft has money.
Although he did not take Microsoft's shares again, Su Chenyu, as a major shareholder of Microsoft, can also enjoy the value-added dividends brought by Microsoft's acquisition of Hotmail. What's more, what's wrong with green dollars? What's more, the Pioneer Fund has to do another "big thing" in the future, and it would be good to have such a large sum of money in hand.
Soon, the Pioneer Fund and Microsoft officially completed the acquisition, and Microsoft's stock price rose again, reaching a market value of $160 billion.
However, this number is just the beginning, since Su Chenyu has taken enough shares in Microsoft, it seems difficult to get something from Microsoft. Then, next, Su Chenyu is naturally going to make some efforts, no matter what, he is also the second shareholder of Microsoft, and the skyrocketing market value of Microsoft will benefit him even more. After all, all the shares controlled by Su Chenyu are shares that can be traded and circulated at any time, and the higher Microsoft's market value rises, the greater the benefits he will get from cashing out.
Therefore, next, Su Chenyu decided to take action to temporarily solve the "anti-monopoly investigation" that plagued Microsoft, after all, this "anti-monopoly investigation" that has been surrounding Microsoft has indeed greatly slowed down the pace of Microsoft's market value rise. Of course, you can't blame the U.S. government for engaging in him, because Microsoft itself is a "monopoly", and the world's computer operating system is almost monopolized by Microsoft.
However, for the sake of his own interests, Su Chenyu must temporarily ask the US government to withdraw the "anti-monopoly investigation", and he will make a lot of money first!
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