HK630 Ambition to acquire AMD!
. The white Porsche Cayenne reduces the driving speed, although Shi Lei is talking with a Bluetooth headset, which will not affect the control of the steering wheel with both hands, but when the attention is focused on the content of the call, it may cause unsafe driving. Therefore, Shi Lei reduced the speed of the car, and once an emergency accident occurred, it was convenient to have reaction time to deal with it.
"Mu Shuang, are you saying that AMD still doesn't agree with the five-to-five split model?" Shi Lei asked about the specific situation.
Mu Shuang said with a sense of dissatisfaction: "Well, that's right, AMD doesn't agree to divide the profits by five or five, or even the six or four tiers, they don't accept it." In today's negotiation process, AMD came up with the worst bottom line, they are only willing to give up three layers of profits, and they also need us to settle the payment once a week. ”
Shi Lei was slightly stunned and remembered something.
In 2006, AMD had quite a brilliant year. Acquisition of ATI graphics processor company; The company's stock price was as high as $20.12 in the fourth quarter of '06, and the Athlon and Opteron processors were hugely successful, with market share exceeding 25 percent at one point and reaching a maximum of 25.3 percent.
However, the good times were short-lived!
After AMD's acquisition of ATI graphics processors, there was a problem of indigestion. The consequences of this sky-high merger and acquisition have caused a huge cash flow problem for AMD.
What's worse is that Intel has fought back strongly, and a large number of Intel processors have continuously introduced new products to impact the market, making AMD's share of the processor market drop again and again.
After entering 2007, AMD entered a period of rapid decline, with corporate debt as high as $2 billion and a market share of 15%. The stock price was hit almost devastated, falling directly below $10.
If something is already bad, there is definitely something worse.
This is the case with AMD, which began in 2007 and went through 2008, and lost money for four quarters, and for the whole year of 2009, it was still a loss! Loss! Loss!
Q4 2009. AMD's debt is as high as $3.9 billion, its market share has nearly fallen below 10%, and the stock price has fallen to between $5 and $6.
If it weren't for the restrictions of the anti-monopoly law, Intel would not be allowed to dominate, I am afraid that it would be one of the two giants in the CPU industry. AMD has already collapsed!
There is a rumor in the market that AMD is in the most difficult time. Intel has helped AMD with a funding. And successfully became a shareholder of AMD.
As a result, intel sinisterly became the sole hegemon of the CPU market. After all, in later generations, AMD almost gave up the field of high-end CPUs, and Intel sought defeat alone in the field of high-end CPUs, and the price was completely set in the form of a word. Meantime. The performance improvement of each generation of CPU is basically only about 10%, which is completely fooling users.
According to Mu Shuang, AMD asked Dream Entertainment. Settle the payment every week, which is obviously a cash flow problem for AMD, trying to get cash flow support from the cooperation with Dream Entertainment.
In Shi Lei's heart, a crazy idea suddenly rose!
Acquisition of AMD!
That's right, it's the acquisition of AMD!
In the next two years, AMD will be in a state of absolute weakness, and this weakness, which lasted even until 2011, did not fully recover.
Shi Lei hopes to seize this opportunity to take AMD into his pocket, and directly let Mirui Technology obtain the status of a world-class giant.
However, if you want to acquire AMD, you need at least $5 billion or more to hold more than 51% of AMD's shares and obtain an absolute controlling stake in AMD.
Five billion US dollars, in the era of 2007, converted to Xia Guoyuan, it is 40 billion yuan!
In one year, if you want to get 40 billion yuan, even Shi Lei doesn't have enough confidence. After all, this is 2007, not the turbulent era of stock market crashes in the nineties.
Even in that era, Shi Lei was a hacker and not a financial expert, how could he know and pay attention to the information of the stock market?
It is God who is omniscient and omnipotent, and even after being born again, he cannot become an omniscient and omnipotent God, but only a human being.
Crossfire can earn 5 billion yuan a year, according to the analysis of the situation of the brave world's main high-end market, if the number of users in the brave world can reach twice that of Crossfire, maybe 40 billion yuan a year, it is not a big problem.
Analyzing the original historical situation, CrossFire was released in 2008, and the number of simultaneous online users exceeded 1 million in 2009, and then increased by 1 million every year, and as of 2012, the highest number of simultaneous online people in CrossFire reached 4 million.
The statistical time of CrossFire's annual revenue of 5 billion yuan is 2011, that is, the number of people online at the same time is almost 3 million, and the number of active games is at least 10 million.
To achieve twice as many users as CrossFire, the Brave World needs at least 20 million active players.
It's almost an impossible task!
But Shi Lei still has to do his best to work hard, and strive to win AMD in 2008, or 2009 at the latest.
Only with its own processor manufacturing company can it manufacture the CPU and graphics processor that truly conform to the Miray technology system.
Moreover, it is possible to build supercomputers suitable for artificial intelligence!
All kinds of information about AMD, although it seems like a lot, is actually a moment in Shi Lei's mind.
After confirming the plan to acquire AMD, how could Shi Lei still cooperate with AMD? If you cooperate with AMD, isn't it taking the initiative to help AMD solve its cash flow problems?
"Mu Shuang, notify AMD to suspend negotiations with AMD. If AMD wants to ask why, tell AMD directly that this is a high-level decision of Mirui Technology. In addition, even if AMD is willing to accept a higher amount of account sharing model. We must also resolutely reject AMD. Shi Lei said his plan.
This is a sinister decision that will take a huge toll on AMD!
Although AMD has increased its sales by a certain amount in recent months with the help of the closed beta invitation code of the brave world, it is only a drop in the bucket after all, and it cannot restore AMD's general trend.
At present, it has entered April, and about 90% of the closed beta invitation codes in the brave world have appeared, and the remaining closed beta invitation codes are in addition to natural purchases. No one has ever bought sweeping goods on a large scale.
At the beginning, the agreements between Dream Entertainment and major manufacturers were completely achievable even according to the final sales situation after the last period.
Once there is no support from the Brave World Closed Beta invitation code, AMD's CPU and ATI graphics processor will once again have the problem of plummeting sales.
Shi Lei sighed secretly in his heart. I'm afraid this is the reason why intel and nVIDIA are firmly seated in Diaoyutai and do not have contact with Dream Entertainment. They know that AMD is heavily indebted. Half a minute not nervous about what AMD will change.
Sure enough, intel and nVidia are old foxes! ’
Mu Shuang heard Shi Lei's answer, and said a little puzzled: "Shi Lei, what are you for?" We cooperate with AMD, and there will be a lot of profit. If AMD, it can give up three layers of profits. According to the calculations of our company's budget department, we have about 200 million to 400 million profits. ”
If there is no plan to acquire AMD, maybe this profit can still attract Shi Lei. But after making up his mind to buy AMD. How could Shi Lei be tempted?
For the vast majority of people, 400 million yuan is an astronomical amount, but for Shi Lei, it is not an unattainable goal.
The brave world is destined to be prosperous, with only 400 million yuan, and it really hasn't been put in Shi Lei's eyes!
It's a pity that most people, in this era, still don't understand the value and charm that online games can create.
Shi Lei didn't plan to tell Mu Shuang about the acquisition of AMD, it was not that he didn't trust Mu Shuang, but that it didn't make any sense to tell Mu Shuang.
Isn't it a joke that a company that has just started for less than a year is clamoring to acquire a world-class high-tech company?
If it's just a joke, Shi Lei doesn't care. But if it arouses AMD's vigilance, or even attracts the attention of intel, it is definitely not the result that Shi Lei is willing to see.
Shi Lei doesn't want chickens to fly eggs!
"Mu Shuang, the specific reason, there are some complications. When I have time, I'll explain it to you slowly. Shi Lei didn't elaborate.
Mu Shuang was very smart and heard that Shi Lei didn't want to tell her now. So, she didn't ask much, "Okay, I understand, I'll let AMD know when the afternoon negotiations start after lunch." ”
Shi Lei likes Mu Shuang's sensible style the most, "Then I'll trouble you, Mu Shuang." ”
"You're welcome, I also like the feeling of being in control of the company. If you are serious, I should thank you, thank you for providing me with an excellent platform. Mu Shuang said sincerely.
"Okay, okay, Mu Shuang, the two of us don't want to thank each other, are you free tonight? Let's have dinner together! Shi Lei sent out an invitation.
Mu Shuang refused negatively, "No, I have to work overtime tonight, the development of the Brave World is about to be completed, you are very easy to shake off the shopkeeper, but the related review work is not easy at all." ”
In the strange country of Xia Kingdom, even if the reputation of the Brave World is outstanding, even if the Brave World Realm represents the advanced technology of the Xia Kingdom to a certain extent, but in the process of submitting for review, if the dredging relationship is not done properly, it may still be stuck.
Shi Lei sighed in his heart, if the higher-level of Xie Nanfeng's group of personnel wanted to get stuck in the Brave World Realm, I wonder if there is such a possibility for Lu Dao? .
(To be continued......)
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