After a week of the open beta of "World of Warcraft" and the number of people online at the same time reached 1 million, Lin Feng confirmed that the project should be fine, and then left Shanghai.

He stayed in Shanghai for nearly a month this time, but he didn't see Wen Xin.

The little girl who looked at the store said that Wen Xin went out for a trip some time ago.

Calculate the time, it was not long after his wedding...... , I haven't been back for more than half a year, and I don't know where she went.

Lin Feng couldn't do anything about it, maybe he had thought too simple before.

25-year-old Wen Xin may not be as calm as she appears.

Although he was a little worried and worried, but the current Lin Feng couldn't take care of these things for the time being, so he handed over this matter to Tian Zhengning to deal with, as for whether he got the news from Liu Mei or was able to listen to Wen Xin's itinerary news through others, it depends on Tian Zhengning's ability.

Lin Feng only needs the final result.

On the evening of August 26, at the scene of the annual final battle of "Supergirl" in Changsha, history still has its stubborn inertia, and the three champions and runners-up are Li Yuchun, Zhou Bichang, and Zhang Liangying.

Lin Feng, as one of the sponsors, took the stage to present the award to the third runner-up Zhang Liangying.

When I remembered my previous life, this night, when he was still at the dinner party of the executives of SP Company, he won the championship because of Zhang Liangying, and lost 500 yuan to the boss at the time...... , it really feels like a world away.

The next day, Lin Feng returned to the capital, and without stopping, he boarded a flight to San Francisco with Wang Hao and others.

Lin Feng, who had no plans to go to the United States, had to fly to Silicon Valley urgently because of an unexpected collision with Apple and the acquisition of Fingerworks at the same time, hoping to snatch Fingerworks from Apple.

It may be a very difficult competition, but for the sake of future smartphone projects, Lin Feng must try his best.

After a 12-hour voyage, the flight landed at San Francisco Airport.

Ye Weiyu and Zhang Jing came to the airport to pick them up.

Ye Weiyu has been in the United States for more than 2 months, and under the sunny beach in California, her skin is a little wheat-colored, but her wavy long hair and bright bohemian dress give her a different style of romance and beauty that she has never had in China.

"Yezi, you are getting more and more beautiful!" hugging his wife, who rushed into his arms as soon as they met, Lin Feng smiled as he walked outside.

"Of course, Cotillard has taught me a lot of makeup and dressing techniques these days, and I'm now almost a fashionista in Los Angeles. Ye Weiyu said with a smile.

"By the way, I've made an appointment with Stephen and Mike, and Stephen will be rushing from Los Angeles to Silicon Valley this afternoon, and Mike will fly over from New York in the evening to meet us. Ye Wei continued.

Lin Feng nodded.

Steven Olson is his personal counsel and partner at O'Melveny & Myers.

Robert A. McTamaney is his personal financial advisor and a partner at Goldman Sachs.

This acquisition of Fingerworks will face competition from Apple, and Lin Feng needs to listen to their opinions, after all, they are the real players in the capitalist country of the United States.

"But, Yezi, you've been on good terms with that Cotillard lately? Hollywood is a mess, don't get too close to these people. Lin Feng frowned again.

Ye Weiyu has no opinion on making friends, but he doesn't like the Hollywood circle.

"Okay, I went to a few Hollywood dinners with Cotillard, and it wasn't as exaggerated as I thought...... They heard that I was your wife, and they all wanted to get some investment, and by the way, I met Spielberg, and he asked me if I was interested in investing in movies, and I said I didn't know. But I'm actually quite interested. ”

Ye Weiyu stretched out her hand and rubbed Lin Feng's frowning brows, and said with a smile: "I'm not a child, I don't know who can and can't! Cotillard is not the kind of Hollywood vase star, she is a very famous French actress and a very conservative person." ”

Lin Feng was helpless, so he had to hug her forehead and kiss her: "Okay, it's good if you're happy." ”

The group got into three extended Lincolns and headed for Silicon Valley.

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"Apple's attraction to technology companies is very large, we want to take Fingreworks, the difficulty is greater than expected, according to the information I have received, this acquisition is already in the advanced stage, we have little chance. ”

In his office at the Silicon Valley Research Institute, McTomny frowned.

As one of Goldman Sachs' few partners, he has a large network of contacts and quickly learned about the progress of Apple's acquisition from other sources.

"Of course I know it's hard, but that's not what I want to know, Mike. Rather, what am I going to do to get it!" Lin Feng waved his hand and said categorically.

"Fingerworks is very important to Popular, and I'm going to do whatever it takes to get it. Lin Feng once again expressed his determination to his personal financial advisor.

Stephen, who was sitting next to him, flipping through the papers on the table, said, "Richard, don't worry, Mike and I are doing this kind of thing, and we don't have no chances." For the acquired company, although the background and advantages of the acquirer will be considered, in the final analysis, the acquisition depends on the price. …… As long as you are willing to pay more, other conditions can be negotiated. ”

McTomney also nodded: "Yes, but we also need to understand how strong Apple and Jobs' desire for this company is, otherwise, we may not be able to come up with more money than Apple in a simple price competition, you know, Apple's sales in the last quarter were $3.2 billion ......."

This sentence made Stephen frown, indeed, an opponent like Apple is indeed too large for Fengxing.

Lin Feng thought for a while: "Mike, can you inquire how much Apple is going to spend to acquire Fingerworks?"

"There's no final word yet, but it's expected to be around $50 million to $80 million. ”

"Fingerworks itself is not profitable, and its value lies entirely in the technology patents it owns, so from a valuation point of view, the price depends on the valuation of these patents. ”

Lin Feng gritted his teeth, damn it, Apple is really rich, such a company that has no revenue at all is willing to pay such a high price just to obtain patented technology.

No, it's hard at this time, so that you won't be controlled by others in the future, and from this point of view, some money must be spent.

"In this case, let's get in touch first, the first offer, Fengxing is willing to pay $100 million to acquire the entire equity and patents owned by Fingerworks!"

"Mike, Stephen, I want you to help you understand the background of the founders of this company, what their ideals are, what their hobbies are, what they want, and what their weaknesses are...... , everything. I need to know what they really think. Lin Feng spit out a number that surprised everyone present.

$100 million is not a joke, is it really worth buying such a pure technology company?

"Lin Dong, this price ......" Wang Hao has been listening quietly beside him, and he can't help but want to speak at this time.

Lin Feng waved his hand, interrupting Wang Hao's question.

"Lao Wang, if we want to carry out a smart phone project, it is difficult to get the traditional chip technology patents, and we must hold some patents in our hands to reduce and pass on our costs through mutual licensing in the future. Therefore, some technologies, even if they are not necessarily worth so much money, must be taken down for the sake of the overall strategic layout!"

"Fingerworks' multi-touch technology is one such patent. ”

Wang Haoleng paused for a while before nodding.

Lin Feng walked to the window and looked at the Apple campus in the distance, thinking to himself.

Perhaps, the rebellious Jobs did not know that at this time, in the office building of an inconspicuous Chinese company next to him, there was a young man who began to try to challenge his future great career.