Finger works, a name that sounds unfamiliar, will soon disappear into history, because next year the company will be acquired by Apple, which is eyeing the company's multi-touch technology patents.

For smart phones, people tend to pay attention to the screen size, the speed of the processor, memory, battery, these things, but often ignore that touch technology is the real difference between smart phones and traditional mobile phones, and in this regard, Apple has done a particularly good job, Apple's touch technology has always been the industry leading, absolute benchmark, and even become a weapon to curb the development of competitors, and all of this is based on the merger and acquisition of Finger Works.

Lu Qiu's wishful thinking is very simple, buy Finger Works first, and use it as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Apple.

Of course, just relying on finger works is still very thin, Lu Qiu also has to buy a large number of Apple shares in the secondary market, the current Apple stock price is only 15 US dollars, the market value is far less terrifying than later generations, Lu Qiu decided to mobilize 200 million US dollars, buy Apple shares, he estimates that he should eventually be able to win 10 million shares, which has exceeded Jobs's 5.5 million shares in Apple, firmly sitting in the position of the largest individual shareholder.

Of course, Luqiu is not unable to buy more, but Apple only has a total of 400 million outstanding shares in the secondary market, and the entry of large sums of money will only raise the stock price, and Luqiu has money but does not want to act as a big wrongdoer, so if you want to get more shares, you have to start with mergers and acquisitions like Finger Works, Lu Qiu believes that with Jobs's paranoid personality of pursuing perfection, he will definitely accept the proposal of exchanging Apple shares for the ownership of Finger Works!

Things are also as Lu Qiu expected, first with Finger Works representative Jeff White to discuss the acquisition, Jeff is a business investor, and Microsoft, IBM, Apple can talk, he is very optimistic about the future prospects of multi-touch, so when Harrison negotiated with him, he gave the purchase price as high as 30 million US dollars!

Harrison, of course, haggled and pointed out that FingerWorks is just a small and micro company, and multi-touch technology is only used in the LCD industry, and the future is very uncertain, and the valuation of tens of millions of dollars is high.

Jeff white was very insistent on the offer, and asked rhetorically: "If finger works is just a company with uncertain prospects, then I am curious why your company wants to buy, as far as I know, Pangu America is a venture capital fund, and it will not do anything unprofitable." ”

Lu Qiu immediately said: "Mr. Jeff doesn't know, Netflix is also our investment object, and this acquisition is more for Netflix's layout." ”

"Oh," Jeff White said meaningfully, "then I can only say that your company is really a very responsible venture capitalist, and even the mergers and acquisitions of investment companies are handled by you, do you think I will believe such a clumsy reason?"

Harrison and Lu Qiu were both stunned, and the two subconsciously looked at Lu Qiu, who was participating in the negotiation as subordinates.

Jeff white had already seen these in his eyes, and said to Lu Qiu: "I really guessed correctly, this gentleman from the east is the protagonist of this negotiation, Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms let others pretend to be himself, and he pretended to be a guard to see the Xiongnu envoy, isn't this gentleman imitating Cao Cao?"

Lu Qiu smiled: "Mr. Jeff seems to be a China expert, so Mr. Jeff must know the fate of the Hun envoy who saw the truth, I wonder if Mr. Jeff is worried about himself?"

Jeff white laughed: "The gentleman from the East is really difficult to deal with, but this is the United States, not the Wei State, even if there is Cao Cao, it should be me, so there is no need to talk about 30 million US dollars, below this price." ”

This is clearly a baseline and intends to stay the course.

Harrison and Lu Qiu's faces were not good-looking, the two of them led the negotiation, but they were actually led by Jeff White, which really betrayed Lu Qiu's trust in them.

However, Lu Qiu looked at Jeff White without blinking, and suddenly smiled: "Three million US dollars, yes, I agreed, but I have one condition, that is, I hope that Mr. Jeff will join Pangu and be responsible for external negotiations, if Mr. Jeff agrees, then you can sign the contract now." ”

Jeff white was stunned, and after reacting, he groaned slightly, and said with a smile: "I promised, I wish us a happy cooperation!" He got up and shook hands with Lu Qiu.

Finger works was a success, albeit at a higher cost.

After that, Harrison and Lu Qiu both pleaded guilty to Lu Qiu, "Boss, it's me who is too incompetent to let the company spend so much money, Boss criticize me." ”

"Me too, brother, you can fine me for my salary. ”

Lu Qiu smiled: "Okay, there is a specialization in the art industry, it is normal that you two are not the opponents of the old fox of Jeff, as for spending more money and spending less, you can't just look at the present, you have to look at the results, and when the dust settles, you will know that the 30 million is not only not a loss, but also worth it, as for Jeff, he will regret agreeing to join us Pangu." ”

Sure enough, not long after, when the apple to finger When Works sent the acquisition intention, Jeff regretted not wanting to, not regretting that he sold the company early, even if he sold it to Apple, the price would not be higher than 30 million, he regretted that he really shouldn't have agreed to join Pangu, and signed a deed of sale that could not break the contract, of course, it was also because the treatment given by Lu Qiu was too rich, he couldn't resist the temptation at all, but how much he got had to pay in the end, there is no free lunch in the world, especially here in Lu Qiu.

Lu Qiu's request to Jeff was very simple, agreeing to Apple's acquisition of Finger Works, but not a penny of cash, all Apple shares, and the number of shares should not be less than three million.

Jeff is about to collapse, the market price of three million shares of Apple stock is already close to 60 million US dollars, and he plans to make money back from Apple by selling this stock, but the question is whether Apple is stupid, people would rather give cash than stocks!

Jeff was right, and the negotiators sent by Apple raised the cash purchase price from 30 million to 40 million, or even to 50 million, but they just didn't answer the stock exchange.

Jeff couldn't help but want to agree several times, but the boss was watching from the side, he dared to let go, and the rest of his life was bound to be dark, so he could only resist the temptation again and again, like a stubborn donkey, insisting on the of the stock and not letting go.

When Jeff was tormented by the negotiations, Lu Qiu dragged Lu Qiu around to look around the house, and he had to buy a villa that suited him so that he could surprise Xiaoxue.

After dealing with these, Lu Qiu did not return to China immediately, but began to look around the house with Lu Qiu, he planned to buy a villa that suited his heart and surprise Han Xue.

The priority is still Beverly's house, Lu Qiu already has a good impression of this side, and it can be close to the current villa, so it is convenient to do anything.

Lu Qiu is still a little naïve, "Brother, the house is close, aren't you afraid of conflicts between your sisters-in-law?"