No company wants to be a technology licensee, and Eric talked to Roger Wilson all afternoon, basically confirming the intention to buy Arm, and then Firefly only needs to convince a few of Arm's major shareholders to transfer their shares. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

ARM's market capitalization is only about $80 million, and it doesn't show any impressive growth potential, so as long as Eric offers a reasonable price, it will not be difficult to buy the company.

Autumn days in London are short, and it's already twilight when the helicopter lands on an apron inside the Pinewood Studios. Eric got off the plane first, looked at Caroline carefully stepping on the pedals, and smiled and stretched out: "Come, I'll carry you down." ”

Caroline didn't mind letting Eric carry her, but the smile on his face and the tone of his voice were like treating a child, and Caroline's least favorite thing was that others treated her as a little girl, you know, she was only a year younger than Eric, and she was twenty-five years old this year.

"No, I can do it myself," said Caroline, who had already jumped off, staggering slightly, and was immediately held up by Eric beside her.

Once Caroline was on her feet, Eric said, "Let's go to dinner together, the restaurant here is pretty good." I'll send you back later. ”

During the day, Caroline drove by herself, but it was already dark at this time, although Wilson's Manor was not far from here, Eric was not worried that Caroline would go back alone, this was already a suburb of London, and the roads were basically wild farmland, and it was definitely a very penetrating thing to drive alone at night.

Caroline walked out side by side with Eric, and said, "Eric, I'll just drive back by myself, and besides, I promised my mother that I'll come home for dinner." ”

"Then let's eat together, I'll send you back first," Eric said, looking at what the girl was going to say, and continued, "Don't refuse, I don't worry that you will drive home alone now, and tomorrow I will have your car delivered to Wilson Manor." ”

Caroline bowed her head slightly and said softly, "Well, okay." ”

Walking out of the tarmac, the driver had already prepared the car, and Eric politely pulled the door open, letting Caroline into the car, and then got in himself.

Eric didn't think much of it, but thought it would be more polite to send Caroline home in person, and it wasn't too far anyway. However, Caroline, who was sitting next to Eric, was a little overwhelmed, and the little brain melon unconsciously began to buzz and overclock.

Eric is going to his house.

There seems to be something wrong with this.

Wait a minute for how he will be entertained.

What would Mom and Dad think about this?

Eric casually chatted with Caroline, and when he saw that the girl was a little absent-minded, he quieted down.

The driver was noticeably faster than Caroline.

Fifteen minutes later, the car passed by a stone bridge, and Eric took advantage of the street lamp on the bridge deck to look out, and outside the car window was a deep river about ten meters wide, presumably the Tyme River that Caroline had mentioned.

Wilson's estate was on the other side of the River Tham, and across the stone bridge, the car was parked outside a manor house in the blink of an eye.

Eric and Caroline got out of the car together and looked curiously, looking beyond the iron fence to see the wide, flat lawn and the castle in the distance under the lights of the manor.

Because of the long history of the aristocracy, there are countless castle buildings in the UK, however, because of the expensive maintenance and repair costs, most of them have been in a state of abandonment, even the Windsor Castle of the British royal family, which needs national financial appropriations to maintain, and the nobles who can maintain the castle manor left by their ancestors in this era are very deep.

Caroline stood beside Eric, visibly overwhelmed, and she wanted to invite Eric in to sit down, but she didn't know if Eric would be willing, or what his parents thought, after all, she had never told her parents that Eric would visit.

At this time, the doorman of the manor saw his young lady getting out of the car with a man, and took the initiative to greet him, and only after approaching did he recognize Eric's appearance.

Seeing someone coming, Caroline came back to her senses and took the initiative to introduce, "Eric, this is Mark." ”

Eric politely reached out and shook the other man's hand, "Hello, I'm Eric Williams. ”

"Hello, Mr. Williams," the doorman shook Eric's hand reservedly and looked at Caroline next to him, "Miss, do you need me to inform Lord and Madame?"

"Ah, this ......," Caroline looked at Eric.

"Don't bother, it's just that it's getting late, so I'll send Caroline back," Eric shook his head and said to Mark, turning to Caroline again, "Then I'll go back first, and say hello to your mom and dad for me." ”

"Hmm," Caroline nodded, not knowing whether it was loss or regret.

The driver handed over the two bags, and Eric remembered that they were Caroline's trench coat and shoes that she had changed out of the day, and handed them to Mark, who was standing next to Caroline, and then said to the girl, "Then, I'll go first, goodbye." ”

"Goodbye," Caroline waved at Eric, watching the lights of the car fade away, this time withdrawing her gaze, taking her clothes from Mark's hand, and said, "Mark, I'll do it myself." ”

Mark didn't know what was going on, and it wasn't until his young lady walked into the manor alone with two bags that he reacted and called the counts.

Countess Edith Wilson heard the doorman's notice, greeted her, saw her daughter wearing a pink hoodie and flat boots, dressed as a little girl, completely different from the outfit when she left during the day, her eyes flashed, but she quickly regained her composure, took the bag of clothes and handed it to the maid behind her, took her daughter's hand and asked, without mentioning Eric's matter, and asked gently: "Baby, how are you doing today?"

"Well, Mom," Caroline nodded, "Eric sent me back himself, but unfortunately he didn't want to stay as a guest." ”

The Countess looked at Caroline's puzzled and lost expression, smiled and said, "Mr. Williams is a gentleman, maybe he doesn't want to be too abrupt." ”

Saying this, the countess sighed slightly in her heart, from childhood to adulthood, both the counts and their daughters loved this little daughter the most, and even Caroline's three brothers took good care of this little sister. They originally hoped that Caroline, like many aristocratic ladies, would find a husband who was the right person and spend her life peacefully and happily.

It's a pity that Caroline graduated from Cambridge University a few years ago, and Mr. Earl was on a blind date for his daughter, but Caroline, who has been well-behaved and obedient since she was a child, unexpectedly showed strong resistance, and even made a move to run away from home.

Later, Caroline stumbles upon Eric Williams, and the Counts feel that it would be a good choice if the two could walk together.

Things are still not going as well as they could see.

After that, Caroline boldly told the couple that she didn't want to continue with her old life, so she went to Harvard University for business school, and finally worked for Eric Williams by accident.

Over the years, as Eric has become more and more famous, the Earls and Dues have learned more about Eric's deeds, and they realize that Eric and Caroline have been difficult to get together, so this time, Eric filmed "Casino Royale" at Pinewood Studios not far from Wilson Manor, and they did not send any more invitations to each other.

It's just that......

Looking at the daughter beside her with some pity, the countess suddenly remembered many years ago.

Although everyone around them said that Caroline was weak, but knowing her daughter Mo Ruomu, Caroline's weak appearance of some stubborn personality is exactly the same as a woman many years ago, it is because they are worried that Caroline will repeat the mistakes of the year, the count and his wife have only allowed their daughter to live according to their own ideas in recent years.

After all, it is the treasure that I have cherished and cared for for many years, the tradition of the nobility is important, but it is not as important as the daughter, the couple has three outstanding sons, and they do not expect Caroline to inherit the family business.

As long as my daughter can be happy, it's fine.

Realizing that her mother's expression beside her was a little distracted, Caroline asked, "Mom, what are you thinking?"

The Countess shook her head, "It's nothing, your father is waiting for us to have dinner together, come in." ”

……

Back at Pinewood Studios, after a brief dinner, Eric went to his study.

These days, in addition to shooting, he has been thinking about the layout of the future mobile Internet and smartphone era, and today, the acquisition intention of ARM has been confirmed, which means that he is about to hold another important chess piece in his hands.

However, there is still a long way to go.

Nokia, Qualcomm and other companies invested by Firefly Investment Company have been developing rapidly and thriving in accordance with the established trajectory of the management over the years.

Because of its absolute controlling stake in Nokia, Eric has the absolute power to make the mobile phone industry giant develop according to its own ideas, and the same is true for Qualcomm, which has a high proportion of shares, and Yahoo, which is on the rise.

But if this is the case, Eric must invest a lot of energy to control these companies, which is obviously unlikely, because the Firefly Group has already occupied most of the time and energy, if he is distracted to run the industry under Firefly Investment, in addition to exhausting himself to death in the future, Eric can't think of a second result, so he can only grasp a general direction, and the specific and micro things are handed over to the professional managers of these companies to take care of.

According to the current trend, Nokia will only follow the trajectory of the original world, and this development idea is very feasible between the rise of smartphones, but once smartphones rise, Nokia will inevitably decline.

After thinking about it all these days, Eric has also roughly figured out another path.

In his study, connected to the Internet, Eric opened the YCR chat app on his desktop, and Chris in New York, Yahoo CEO Ian Gnier, and Chief Technology Officer Steve Mitnick in Boston were all online.

A separate makeshift chat room was created to bring a few people in, and Eric briefed them on the outcome of today's meeting with Roger Wilson.

Subsequently, the four of them began to discuss the topic that had been going on these days.

Eric's new approach is divided into three phases.

The plan is mainly led by Yahoo Network and Firefly Electronics, and the time span is 10 years.

With the help of Yahoo, Firefly Electronics will focus on the development and sales of three products in the next decade.

In 1996 and 2000, Firefly's main focus was on the promotion of MP3 players, while privately developing the tablet that Eric had discussed with Roger Wilson in the afternoon.

Several people have given this tablet a name these days and it's called Yahoopad.

In the plan, ARM, Yahoo and Firefly Electronics themselves will be important links in Yahoopad's R&D system.

In the next four years, Arm will focus on the development of YahooPad application chips, Yahoo will be responsible for YahooPad system development, and Firefly Electronics will be responsible for the overall architecture of this product.

Steve Mitnick had the idea of developing a new PC operating system a few years ago, but at that time, the Windows operating system had risen and it was impossible to break Microsoft's monopoly in the PC field, so Eric rejected Steve Mitnick's idea.

Now, however, Steve Mitnick's original idea can be applied to the development of a mobile operating system. Eric has also given Steve Mitnick a lot of ideas these days based on his impressions of Android and Apple's operating systems in his previous life.

In the future, this mobile operating system will also carry Eric's ambitions in the field of mobile Internet, and this time, Eric will definitely not let the mobile operating system field appear in the previous life Android and Apple equally share the world.

After four years of full research and development, in 2000, YahooPad was officially launched, and by then, the mobile communications market would also completely turn to civilian.

Then, from 2000 to 2005, while promoting and selling MP3 players and Yahoopad, Firefly Electronics will also use the technical heritage accumulated in the previous years, with the assistance of Qualcomm and Nokia, to quickly specialize in the research and development of smart phones, and at the same time, because of the investment in Sprint, the promotion of this mobile phone in the mobile communication market is not a problem.

Ten years later, in 2005, Firefly Electronics will also officially open the era of smart phones.

The advantage of this plan is that Eric can completely disrupt the trajectory of companies such as Nokia, Qualcomm, Yahoo, etc., which can continue to rise the same way they once did.

But at the same time, Firefly Electronics, an important chess piece that is completely outside the chessboard, can also unconsciously complete Eric's important layout for the mobile Internet era ten years later.

As long as the time comes, Firefly Electronics' products show the corresponding potential, and Eric can license the corresponding technology to Nokia and other aspects at any time, so that it can successfully complete the transition from the era of feature phones to the era of smartphones. (To be continued.) )