Chapter 337: Extravagant Life
When Hunter Sr. founded ARM, he started almost at the same time as Intel. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
After many similar chip manufacturers were either acquired or went bankrupt, the only surviving ARM stood out and became a symbol of independent research and development in the British computer industry.
Unfortunately, because of the different design concepts and development directions, ARM's chips have always been less competitive than the powerful Intel in the field of personal computers.
However, the elder Hunt's pioneering contributions still won him many honors, including the Baron awarded by the Queen of England.
Although the baron is the lowest of the titles, it is no small honor. However, the title of Old Hunter was awarded because of his contact contribution, and there was no inheritance, and after the death of Old Hunter, the title was taken back.
However, when the old Hunter was still a baron, he bought a very luxurious castle. Castles have a special meaning in England, and if old Hunter doesn't have a knighthood, no one will do it, after all, no one wants the glory of the family to be tainted with vulgarity.
The castle has a large courtyard, but it seems that no one has built it for a long time, and the plants in it are a little too luxuriant.
There was a very old-fashioned butler standing at the door, who was in charge of greeting George and Du Jiayi, with a pure London accent, and Du Jiayi had the feeling of watching a British drama.
"Doesn't it feel very stylish?" George said with a look of surprise on his face when he saw Du Jiayi.
"Very professional indeed!" Du Jiayi had to admit it.
"This kind of housekeeper basically serves a family for a lifetime, and the market will not provide it at all. This butler should have been hired by old Hunter when he was young, and he is still serving the Hunter family. George explained.
Du Jiayi nodded.
After all, the Hunter family also has a decades of heritage, and it is indeed not something that can be compared casually.
The old butler led the two men to the antechamber, commanded the maid to serve two cups of black tea and left.
"Haha, George, what's blowing you here!" Little Hunt greeted George from the top of the stairs.
"He just likes to be pompous." George whispered a word to Du Jiayi, and then pretended to hug little Hunt very warmly.
George's official identity is the manager of the South Island branch of Standard Chartered Bank, and for a loser like Hunt Jr., the bank will always be the boss.
When little Hunter greeted George, his eyes drifted towards Du Jiayi.
Isn't it a little too young, and you're still a Chinese?
George made an offer to Arm on behalf of Standard Chartered Bank to buy chip technology, which made Hunter Jr. very wary. After all, Arm is now able to survive and provide a lot of profits for Hunter Jr. to squander every year, and the most important thing is the chip technology in its hands.
There are still certain users of streamlined chips, and these users use Intel's chips too expensive to meet their needs. Intel, due to the existence of antitrust laws, has no idea of slapping the surviving ARM to death.
Standard Chartered Bank wants to buy chip technology, and Hunter Jr. is naturally afraid that after buying the technology, Arm will go out of business. Compared with a steady stream of profits and a large sum of cash, Hunter Jr. would not be so short-sighted in choosing the latter.
George promised not to sell products to Arm's original customers, but this did not dispel Hunt's concerns. However, Little Hunter doesn't want to be unhappy with the people at Standard Chartered Bank, and the financial circle is so big, George can have a lot more connections than Little Hunt.
If one day Hunter Jr. needs a loan, and George and the bankers don't take out a loan, Jr. Hunt will not find a place to cry.
But the guy George brought with him was too young, right?
George and Little Hunter exchanged pleasantries for a while, and George introduced Du Jiayi to Little Hunter.
One title after another, it made little Hunt a little dizzy. I am really surprised that Du Jiayi is so young, but can have so many achievements.
However, this strengthened Little Hunt's psychology: it must not be cheap, and it must bite off a piece of meat!
"Nice to meet little Mr. Hunt!" Du Jiayi was very uncomfortable with Little Hunt's eyes, but the most basic politeness still has to be there.
"I didn't expect that the Chinese people would also have geniuses?" Little Hunter said very pompously, "I didn't expect there to really be one in front of me!" ”
Du Jiayi couldn't help frowning.
This little Hunt is really so rude, it feels like the kind of surprise that he is watching a monkey juggle!
Seeing that Du Jiayi's face was not good, George immediately found a reason to lead the topic to the chip.
"I think I made it very clear to Mr. George, Arm's core business is chips, and if you need a license or a patent, my offer is $1 billion!"
"I have 60 percent of ARM's shares, and I'm sure those shareholders will support my decision!"
Little Hunter said triumphantly.
There was a hint of disdain in George's eyes.
When Hunter Sr. founded ARM, he was very prosperous, but in the hands of Hunter Jr., he could only use his shares to borrow from the bank, so that only 60% of the shares in his hands remained.
"As far as I know, ARM's overall valuation is in the billions of pounds, and I think Mr. Hunt Jr.'s asking price is too high!" Du Jiayi said coldly.
"Doing business, don't you Chinese say that buying and selling is not in benevolence and righteousness. Even if we can't reach a consensus, we don't have to be so harsh, right? Little Hunter said with a smile.
The more anxious Du Jiayi and George are, the stronger the idea of winning chip technology, and the more likely they are to agree to their own conditions.
$1 billion. It's a bit too much for Arm, but it doesn't seem to be that much for the huge Yijia Group.
"As the host, let me treat you well!" Little Hunter said with a smile.
The old butler, beckoned to little Hunt, and went down to prepare lunch.
"Little Hunter seems to be very sure and intends to talk slowly!" George whispered to Du Jiayi.
"Then let's see what his hole cards are!" Du Jiayi decided to stay.
I heard George say that Little Hunter's life is extravagant, so I just stayed to see how extravagant Little Hunt was.
A rectangular dining table, smooth plates, silver knives and forks, quaint chairs, and maids and old butlers standing aside, make the whole meal feel like traveling back to the Middle Ages.
"Italy is sprinkled with white truffle mushrooms from Toslana, Italy, and every gram is worth gold."
"I won it at a small auction in London before, and it cost me nearly 500,000 US dollars for less than 500 grams!" Little Hunter proudly introduced. (To be continued.) )