Tianxin Group ranked first in the world's top 500 companies, which caused a lot of repercussions in China. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoBefore this, there were also Chinese companies that became the world's first, but those were state-owned enterprises. It is hard for the outside world to imagine that in a country like China, there are private enterprises that can surpass those monopoly state-owned enterprises. Even the Chinese people never thought that in such an environment, they could grow into the world's No. 1 private company.

For Lu Yang, this news is meaningless, no matter how many people rank it, the greatness of Tianxin Group is immeasurable to the outside world. He is even more pleased to see that Tianxin Group continues to make technological progress, and the number of patent applications in the first half of the year reached 5,230, ranking first in the world, accounting for 30% of China's patent applications.

The patents applied for by Tianxin Group are of high quality, and there are few design categories, most of which are core technologies. Under the leadership of Lu Yang, technological innovation has become the core of Tianxin Group's corporate culture.

In 2012, Tianxin Group invested more than 100 billion yuan in technology research and development, ranking first in the world, and in 2013, this figure increased by 30% to 130 billion yuan, equivalent to 19.4 billion US dollars, also the world's first. Although the proportion of R&D investment is not high in terms of revenue ratio, Tianxin Group far exceeds other companies in terms of investment amount. Take the second-ranked Volkswagen as a comparison, whose R&D expenditure in 2013 was $13.5 billion, only 70% of Tianxin Group.

More than 80% of these patent applications of Tianxin Group come from Tianxin Technology Research Institute, and 90% of the research institute can achieve such results in a few years thanks to Lu Yang. In the fields of artificial intelligence, new energy, polymer materials, engine technology, aerospace, chip manufacturing, machinery, chemical industry, communications, etc., Lu Yang has purchased more advanced technologies from Tiandao Mall. Then Lu Yang secretly put out some of the purchased technology, and then applied for a patent through the Tianxin Technology Research Institute.

Of all the patent applications, Lu Yang applied for no more than 50 patents in his own name, for which he spent a lot of extra money.

While applying for patents, Lu Yang secretly acquired some companies with important patents. Most of the companies he acquired were European companies, including many established companies.

One of the more influential is that in August this year, Tianxin Group acquired CambridgeSiliconRadio in the United Kingdom. This company is a Fabless fabless semiconductor manufacturer. Its main product line is a single-chip Bluetooth chip and GPS chip. The acquisition was finalized by Lu Yang when he visited the UK at the beginning of the year, and after several months of negotiations, and later by Qualcomm, Tianxin Group finally completed the acquisition for 1.65 billion pounds.

Another influential acquisition was the acquisition of Cambridge Silicon Radio by Tensense Group in the United Kingdom, a global leader in high-performance mixed-signal semiconductor chips for the consumer electronics market, known for its high-performance audio and ultra-low-power audio technology, and one of the largest technology companies in England.

At the time of the acquisition, Tianxin Group encountered a lot of resistance, which stemmed from Europe's wariness of Huaxia. Being able to complete the acquisition is inseparable from Prince William's promotion. Of course, the most fundamental thing is Lu Yang's offer. Lu Yang valued the old technology company very much, and did not hesitate to buy it at a 50% premium, and finally acquired it for 420 million pounds.

Lu Yang's investment in the UK is much more than that, in July, Lu Yang came to the UK again, he is seeking to buy the UK's second largest mobile telecommunications operator 02, if the deal is completed, it will involve tens of billions of pounds.

The reason for this acquisition is that Lu Yang had the idea of entering the communications industry a long time ago. What Lu Yang hopes for most is the domestic market, but the domestic policy has not yet been opened, and Lu Yang has not been satisfied.

When he visited the UK at the beginning of the year, Lu Yang found that starting with Europe was not necessarily an opportunity. Coupled with the fact that Europe has not fully recovered from the blow of the economic crisis and the economic downturn, it is a good time to make acquisitions.

However, the outside world is not optimistic about Lu Yang's acquisition. The Times analyzed several reasons that hindered Luyang's acquisition. The first reason is Lu Yang's Chinese background. In recent years, Chinese companies have benefited from the rapid growth of the domestic economy and made acquisitions around the world, which has long aroused the vigilance of Western countries hostile to China. Many Huaxia enterprises have faced political factors in the acquisition, and Tianxin Group cannot jump over this. Second, the UK and EU antitrust authorities may step in, and even if 02's parent company agrees to be acquired, it may not be able to pass the scrutiny in the end. Third, Lu Yang also has to face an opponent, that is, Li Chaoren from Hong Kong City, who is also interested in buying this company.

After thinking about it for two months, Lu Yang voluntarily gave up the acquisition. In addition to the reasons of the British side, Lu Yang also has to consider domestic factors, involving an investment of 100 billion yuan, and it is unknown whether the country will suspect him starting to transfer property.

Lu Yang has also fulfilled his promise to Prince William and is ready to buy a Premier League club. In his capacity, of course, he will not buy those small clubs, and his target is Arsenal, the protagonist of the London derby.

The acquisition of Arsenal is not an easy task, Lu Yang learned from Prince William that Arsenal's shares are now in the hands of two billionaires, the major shareholder is Kroenke, a native of the United States, who owns 63% of the shares, and the second shareholder is Usmanov, who was once the richest man in Russia, with about 30% of the shares. Both are billionaires on the Forbes list, and if they want to get a stake in Arsenal from them, it will definitely not work without the price they want.

For this reason, Prince William persuaded Lu Yang to change his goal, and Lu Yang shook his head with a smile. He doesn't have time to put his experience into running a football club, and he can't afford to spend a decade and a lot of money to make Chelsea a giant, as Abou did. If Lu Yang wants to acquire, the target can only be a wealthy family.

In order to buy Arsenal, Lu Yang has prepared 1.5 billion pounds, which is far beyond the value of Arsenal. When the United States bought it two years ago, it spent 300 million pounds to acquire 32% of the shares, so the value of Arsenal is about 1 billion pounds. In the past two years, Arsenal's results have been poor, with no important titles and little increase in value.

In London, Mr. Lu met with the two billionaires, Mr. Kroenke, who had nearly two-thirds of Arsenal's shares, and if he could agree to the takeover, Mr. Lu's goal would have been achieved.

Kroenke, the world's largest sports tycoon with a net worth of $2.6 billion, is an avid sportsman who keeps a low profile and rarely appears in front of the media. He has invested in a number of sports teams, including the Denver Nuggets basketball team, the Colorado Avalanche ice hockey team, and the St. Louis Rams football team. He also owns a lacrosse team and Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids, as well as a Rocky Mountains Athletic Entertainment Channel called Elevation Sports. Compared with Lu Yang, this person really regards sports as his career.

Another point that Lu Yang noticed was that Kroenke's wife was the heir to Wal-Mart, and relying on his wife's relationship, Kroenke owned shares in more than 100 shopping malls across the United States. However, the proportion of this part of his wealth is far less than that of sports.

In a café in London, Lu Yang met Kroenke. It also happened that Kroenke was in London. Otherwise, Lu Yang wants to see him go to the United States. And in the rice country, Lu Yang will never go.

Kroenke is 66 years old this year, probably because of regular exercise, and he looks healthy. He has a mustache and a bland appearance.

"Hello, Mr. Kroenke, thank you very much for agreeing to meet today." Lu Yang took the initiative to shake hands with the other party.

Kroenke smiled slightly and said humorously: "I am honored to be the youngest richest man in the world to meet me." Before I came, I was wondering what it was like to be a young man with a net worth a hundred times higher than me, but now I finally see it. ”

Kroenke is talking about this year's "Forbes" list, in 2012, after the events of the United States, Lu Yang's personal assets have shrunk greatly in the eyes of the outside world, especially the miscarriage of Tianxin Electronics' listing, and the "Forbes" list at the beginning of last year valued Lu Yang's net worth at 140 billion US dollars.

Last year, Lu Yang discovered the Palun oil field, and the impact of the blockade of the United States on the Tianxin Group gradually disappeared, and the personal asset evaluation of Lu Yang by Forbes skyrocketed, reaching 260 billion, of which the Palun oil field accounted for a large proportion. That's why Kroenke said that Lu Yang's net worth was a hundred times that of him.

"You're too polite, in fact, I'm just an ordinary Huaxia person."

After chatting a few words, Lu Yang had a good impression of Kroenke. In his feelings, this is a gentle old man, with the perception and wisdom of life in his peaceful words. Just like the sports he loves, there is also a power in his words, which is optimism, upbeat and positive attitude towards life.

"Mr. Kroenke, I have learned a lot from talking to you." Lu Yang sincerely thanked him.

Kroenke smiled lightly: "I feel the same way, actually, I rarely say so much. You are a very good young man, and when I meet such a young person, I can't help but want to say more. ”

"Mr. Kroenke, as you must know, I asked you to come here to buy your shares in Arsenal." Lu Yang looked at him and said very calmly. (To be continued.) )