Chapter 188: Buying and selling is not benevolent
The emergence of the concept of "cloud" immediately spread throughout the Sun Valley Summit, and compared to other circles who still treated this new thing calmly, Larry Page, the president of Google, who smelled a different smell, flew back to Mountain View that night.
If Chen Bo only relied on his words, this project would not be so compelling. Intriguingly, Amazon President Bezos deepened this concept in an interview with reporters, further proposing the "elastic cloud computing" service: AS, which is the English abbreviation of Amazon Web Services.
It is a comprehensive Internet service platform that integrates distributed computing, parallel computing, utility computing, load balancing, network storage, virtualization and deredundancy, and claims to initially form a system next year to provide this service to more enterprise users.
Who is Bezos? That is the Internet tycoon who can successfully get out of the Internet bubble, wise and shrewd, and the leading boss in the e-commerce industry.
Although Chen Bo put forward a simple concept, Bezos gave more technical details, which proves that both sides of this technology are secretly wrestling, and it is difficult to say who will go further. However, in the eyes of those who care, it is more like an act of fishing, at least catching a big fish.
Yahoo President Semel and AOL President Keith have a different attitude, cloud servers? Cloud computing? What the hell! We're a portal.,It's OK to have our own computer room.,What are you doing with so many moths?!!
Chen Bo hid from reporters after releasing the news, and even the speech at the closing ceremony did not appear in public, the more he talked, the easier it was to make mistakes, and it didn't hurt to maintain a little mystery.
The concept of "cloud" has suddenly become a buzzword in the mouths of the media, although it is temporarily spreading fermentation in a small area, and it is not difficult to imagine that if it is launched on the market in the future, it will inevitably have a greater impact.
"How much do you want to let go?" In a small café hidden somewhere in the resort, Gates suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and asked the initiator.
"36.5 billion, I said it before." The corners of Chen Bo's mouth curled, revealing a wicked smile, all the etiquette in public is for others to see, and in private he wants to strangle the other party as much as possible.
"If you still have that attitude, it's not interesting." A shadow immediately appeared on Gates's face, is it okay for the richest man to save face?
"Then I don't see your sincerity." Chen Bo said lightly, bite the bullet and don't let go, it depends on where your bottom line is.
"$8.5 billion, all in cash!" Bill Gates almost gritted his teeth and quoted the price.
"Let me see that Foxlive has made a profit in the first half of the year, plus the new user base every month. Well, that's not a decimal number. Chen Bo counted them on his fingers, and then smiled and said, "That's it, Bill." I'll take a big step back, can you take a small step and accommodate each other? ”
"Hmm." Bill Gates's complexion softened slightly, this is like talking about business, how can he always be tense. "It's certainly for the best."
"How about 11.1 billion? How auspicious this number is, Microsoft is the number one in the IT world, and you are the richest man, and this deal will also be a record. ”
"Why don't you grab it?"
"That 11 billion?"
"Hmph."
"10.1 billion, it can't be less, I'll turn my face."
Are you turning your face? Phew! If you want to say that it's my turn to turn the other cheek, okay? Bill Gates almost vomited two taels of blood, which Nima learned negotiation skills for.
"In that case, let's say goodbye here." Bill Gates got up with a gloomy face.
"Okay, no problem." Chen Bo shrugged indifferently, "Buying and selling is not benevolent, the next time I have the opportunity to trade again, I will let the negotiation team withdraw tomorrow." ”
"You ......" Gates was already so angry that he couldn't speak, this is an attitude, who is really going to end the negotiations, and young people can't be a little patient? Riding a tiger is the best description of him at present, just like going to buy clothes, after cutting the price is too expensive to turn around, the boss will inevitably call you over again.
It's all an established routine, and it's the first time I've seen it so serious, but I can't sit down anymore on the string, so I have to leave stupidly.
"Hey, Depp. Put the message out of e, add some oil and vinegar, the more expensive the better. Anyway, create a sign that you are about to sign a contract, and don't give Microsoft any thoughts. Chen Bo took out his mobile phone immediately after Gates left and notified another battlefield.
eBay's engagement is only tentative and not too deep, and neither side is in a hurry to speed up the progress.
But Microsoft is not without a backhand, while negotiating with Ant Search, he secretly contacted Skype, he thought no one would know, but how could such news fly out of Chen Bo's palm?
Now is the critical moment, and Gates, who has not been able to settle down in one breath, may not have other ideas, so he should block this road in advance. forced him to the negotiating table again, Chen Bo's bottom line has actually been released just now, and $10 billion has fluctuated up and down.
Would a company that can offer $8.5 billion mind a little more? It's like spending 5 million to buy a house, who minds spending another 500,000 to buy a parking space? Compared with the cash flow of 56 billion, this is really a small amount of money.
As soon as the Sun Valley summit ended, Chen Bo immediately returned to Silicon Valley with the fruitful Hoffman, and Gosling, who left early, had already made an appointment with McNely, the founder of Sun, and Ant Search joined the acquisition process halfway, which would also be the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Acquisitions at this level are never straightforward, and the entire deal is not measured in terms of purchase price.
Because no company is wholly owned by an individual, there are restrictions on the shareholders' meeting, the board of directors and the management. At the same time, it is necessary to consider the development and planning of the company after the sale, as well as the placement of employees, etc., the shareholder is a different person, but the company's management structure is retained? How to deal with it is the focus of the negotiations.
Like Ant Search, it is completely Chen Bo's words, and it is an alternative and wonderful company no matter where it is.
Chen Bo flew directly to Menlo Park, closed the door and talked to McNeely and Gosling for more than four hours, no one knew what they were talking about, but from the next day, Sun's Nasdaq transaction was announced to be suspended indefinitely until the acquisition was completed.
The team of Oracle and Ant Search began to discuss a series of details at the negotiation table, and the countdown to the acquisition officially began. Because it was a closed-door meeting, the media outside the venue could only rely on speculation.
Before returning to China, Chen Bo did not forget to teach Liu Zhen, a legal assistant who had been turned a regular, that she must have kept an eye on the case. This is also related to the next move of the company, which can be said to be very important, and it is completely sloppy.
When I returned to Yanjing, the group stage in Asia had all ended, and the strength of the national football team was still first-class in Asia. In Group A, Bahrain, Qatar and Indonesia, who are almost all in the role of fish belly, unsurprisingly qualified as the top spot, and will compete with Iraq, the second team in Group C, for the right to qualify in the quarterfinals.
South Korea, who were strong in Group B, topped the group, while second place was unexpectedly won by Asian newcomers Jordan, who won 2-0 against Kuwait and drew 0-0 with South Korea and the United Arab Emirates in two. Every step forward is making history!
Located in the eastern suburbs of the garden villa area, although it is far away from the city, this environment is really not to be said. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, surrounded by greenery, and the air is much fresher, it's no wonder that many foreigners are buying homes here.
He went to the United States on the front foot, and Guan Xin came back from Japan on the back foot, and both of them are very busy now, and they can't stay long in a year. But then again, all of these women are like this, and which of them is really idle.
After a hearty request, men and women after the passion snuggled up to each other and enjoyed the rare warmth.
"I heard that Yunxi was in Qizhou some time ago?" Guan Xin said casually.
"Well, I came laughing and crying!"
"What's going on? It won't be your ......."
"The mess in their family, the grievances of the wealthy family, are even more impressive than Korean dramas." Chen Bo sighed, as soon as he entered the Hou Gate, it was as deep as the sea, so he simply retold the situation at that time, and even the recording files were displayed, and there was really nothing to hide between the two people.
"It's also a pity that a little girl is used as a tool for profit. is like an ancient princess, pampered for more than ten years, and in the end, she didn't want to marry in a wild place to get married. Guan Xin seemed to point out, and said, "I heard that there is a beautiful modern princess in Qizhou." ”
"Where did you hear so much?" Chen Bo slapped her buttocks behind her, "Almost all the people of the country have seen it." ”
"With your current merry, who knows if you have the heart of a colt." Guan Xin laughed and poked his chest with her neatly trimmed fingertips, saying that it didn't hurt, it was all bluffing.
"Where did the Middle East come from, and the European royal family didn't have this title." Chen Bo pouted and said, "The half-sister of the King of Jordan is just a concubine. Unlike other Arab royal families, she is a special being, very independent and Westernized. A model of modern women, I have time to introduce you to you. ”
"The evaluation is quite high, don't wait for free, just tomorrow." Guan Xin said with some jealousy.
"I don't know where she is."
"In Yanjing City, the newspapers were all published, and the second princess visited the Great Wall after visiting the Forbidden City, and she was still cheering for the Jordanian team with the king in Gongti. Yanjing Daily even sealed the titles of the most beautiful scenery in the Asian Cup and the most people-friendly royal princess. "Guan Xin knows everything about it, and she will come as soon as she opens her mouth, it seems that this purpose is very clear." When you arrive in our country, the friendship of the landlord is always due, so let's come to the house for a meal, I haven't eaten your dishes for a long time. ”
"That's not easy, I'll let you eat today."
"What are you eating in the middle of the night? You're going to get fat! ”
"Eat me."
Chen Bo smiled evilly and stretched out his evil hands, and a coquettish cry followed, and the screams outside the window became even louder.