The news of the acquisition is obviously not sensational enough, because everyone knows that this is an ironclad fact, and it is nothing more than a lack of ceremony. Just as the federal tax collector was sharpening his knife and preparing to issue a tax bill, just when the media around the world were speculating about how to spend this huge amount of money, waves of news began to scroll across the screen.

On December 21, Lockheed Martin was the first to announce on the NASDAQ that it had sold Sunnyvale's industrial area to Ant for $110 million, and then the city government of Sunnyvale also announced on its official website that the city's last orchard was also sold to Ant for $60 million.

Buying an industrial park to cope with expansion is easy to understand, and the price is reasonable. It didn't make any waves, and the tax officer silently wrote down a profit of $170 million in a small book.

On December 22, UEFA posted a notice on its official website, Ant and UEFA happily reached the world's top strategic partnership, and the fee has been settled at one time, so please meet the new local tyrant league leader, the photo is a handsome photo of Ant's global brand director and chairman Johansson holding the official ball "Logbook" of the 04 European Cup.

As for how much it costs? According to people familiar with the matter, it is about 250 million euros!

It's understandable that the business promotion plan is just a bit too big, right? The tax collector opened his little notebook again and silently made a note.

On December 23, FIFA also came out to grab the headlines, Ant won the top sponsorship of the 2006 World Cup in Germany and the budget tournament, and both sides have the obligation and responsibility to promote each other's brands, this time the media broke the news that it was 120 million US dollars.

It's a dead day, and Ant Company has made another move! Hey, why again?

This time, not only the tax officer vomited blood, but even Google and Yahoo were already crying, what are you going to do with this TMD? Are you ready to spend all of MySpace's bride price money just after receiving 2 billion?

On December 24th, many media have blocked the entrance of the Ant Work Park, and I want to ask if there is any big move today? Don't go to the official website, just tell us! But they ignore that today is Christmas Eve, and the employees are already on vacation!

Only one Indian-born security guard who was a janitor said in slurred English that it was possible, maybe, maybe, almost the company to make a takeover offer to Picasa! I don't know how much the price is, anyway, I just listen to what others are talking about: 100 million, 200 million!

I'll rub it! Is this another double TMD shot? The media quickly dialed the phone number of Picasa's public relations department, and the news was indeed that Ant had made a takeover offer, and other details will be discussed after Christmas!

This security guard was actually the one arranged by Chen Bo at the door, who deliberately stimulated Larry Page with his mouth, and it is estimated that his face can already drip water at this time.

Lao Tzu is rich, and now the whole world knows that I am rich, what can you do to me? In society, Brother Chen, people don't talk much, that's the truth!

Meanwhile, in San Francisco's Chinese community, a Chinese woman and a boy of seven or eight years old are receiving Christmas presents from Chen Bo in a red ant costume.

“Merry Christmas！ Merry Christmas! It's your wish list, a Sony PS2 and game discs, plus our commemorative figurine! Chen Bo handed the gifts to the little boy with his mouth wide open and speechless.

"Egg Laying Festival...... Happy! Another little ant, Eve, also learned Chen Bo to say blessings sweetly in blunt Chinese.

"Oh my God, I just tried to keep a word! I didn't expect you guys to actually come. This is our best gift! The Chinese woman was surprised and a little incoherent, "Thank you so much, the child's father would be very happy if he could see it." ”

"That's cool!" And the little boy stroked the game console in his hand, very excited.

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Chen Bo, the big ant, took Eve's little ant's hand and walked around the community in San Francisco and distributed more than a dozen gifts, of course, there are also the company's employees who are responsible for filming.

At the same time, the story is playing out in many cities around the world, where heartthrobs The Beckhams hand out ant and fox dolls to all the children on the crowded streets of Madrid. In London, there was a giveaway run by Chelsea Football Club and Ant Search, which was attended by the team's biggest stars.

Julie and Matt Damon in Los Angeles, Leung Chaowei in Hong Kong Island, Zhang Ziyi in Yenching, Scarlett in New York City, and even in non-English-speaking countries such as France, Italy, and Germany, they have arranged employees or invited well-known local cultural and sports stars to participate.

In Tokyo, Japan, there is also a two-dimensional cosplay organized by Kenji Kasawara to send lucky bags.

The Pengcheng headquarters visits the primary schools for the children of migrant workers is a routine activity, which has never been left behind, and this year it has been extended to Yanjing, Shanghai, Jiangcheng and Yangcheng.

In the woods on the outskirts of San Jose live hundreds of poor people waiting to be resettled, because housing prices in Silicon Valley are so expensive. Chen Bo was directly entrusted to the local municipal staff to send a little care.

Old rivals Google and Yahoo are not without relevant planning, but it is too simple, mailing some small gifts for users, changing the homepage to Christmas layout, and this is the past, compared to the overwhelming publicity of ant search and throwing out a big news every once in a while, this media exposure is incomparable.

Now the most suppressed is the AOL company, sitting on such an excellent media resource as Time Warner but will not use it, has been clinging to his identity as a dial-up Internet provider, he feels that he has mastered the lifeblood of the Internet, this kind of strategic thinking is a big mistake, at least in the search market, in the first half of the year, it was on par with ants and has now been trampled on the soles of its feet.

The market share is constantly being eroded, with only 12% left, the portal is not comparable to Yahoo, and ICQ's user activity is gradually declining. Even for network access services, there are giants such as MSN and AT&T, Comcast, and Viacom to grab business, like rats in bellows, angry at both ends.

"Wow, I thought San Francisco was suffering from an ant plague, but I didn't expect it to be you!" Mayer drove her little Beetle from a stop next to Chen Bo's father and daughter and teased.

"Aunt Marisa, happy laying eggs!" Eve said with two tentacles on top of her head and a small face.

"What does that mean, sweet little angel?" Mayer didn't know Chinese, so naturally he couldn't pay attention to the implications.

"I wish you an egg soon." Chen Bo laughed.

"............" Mayer was speechless, full of black lines, what was she doing.

"Ha, it means Merry Christmas in Chinese." Chen Bo saw that she was deflated, and his heart was naturally refreshed.

"You father and daughter are big and small troublemakers." Mayer airway.

"It's an honor to be complimented." Chen Bo happily accepted this comment, and little Eve responded with a grimace.

"Serve, I'm going to the supermarket. Would you like to give you a piece? ”

"I'm going to send her home, let's get together another day, remember to watch the news at night!" Chen Bo waved his hand.

"You've made enough news these days, I'm numb!" Mayer, though he had a bad feeling in his heart, did not show it.

"Then let's be numb again!" Chen Bo shrugged his shoulders and said goodbye to her, just hoping that he wouldn't vomit blood after seeing the news at night.

After Eve was sent back to Jobs's house, Chen Bo rushed to Los Angeles, although he didn't have time to return to China, he couldn't work overtime in an office in a foreign country, right? Isn't it crazy! Even the security guards went back on vacation to reunite. It's enough to bring only one black guy, Walter, and Christmas is about the same as the Spring Festival, and the family reunion, eating a roast turkey together, and giving gifts is like a New Year's greeting.

At the Beverly Hills mansion, Julie greeted him with a warm hug, and Maddox was dressed as Santa Claus in his new red clothes, looking at him with small eyes, as if waiting for his present.

"Marvel Super Heroes Edition of LEGO bricks!" Chen Bo handed over the gift box in his hand, and the little guy smiled, holding the toy and running away.

"Just in time to come back, the cook's roasted turkey has just been served." Julie said tenderly, like a little daughter-in-law waiting for her husband to return home, and she used the word "come back", essentially treating him as the male host here.

"Don't worry, there's your gift." Chen Bo then took out a beautifully packaged box from the briefcase he was carrying, and the Bulgari logo said that it was an extraordinary product. When opened, a cobra coils inside the soft satin surface.

When you look closely, it is a snake-shaped watch, with a 24-karat gold bracelet made of fine scales, a triangular case forming a snake head, and dozens of small diamonds irregularly inlaid.

Chen Bo directly took it out to help her put it on her hand, and the flexible bracelet could be perfectly buckled on her delicate arm and coiled into several circles, which was both an ornament of the bracelet and a watch. The mysterious ancient Egyptian style, coupled with her usual sports, slightly sun-colored skin, with this jewelry is like Cleopatra's rebirth, and cobra-like wildness, more beautiful than traditional leopard print.

"Great, I didn't expect the watch to look like this! Is this new for Bulgari? "Even the well-informed Julie was impressed by it, what woman doesn't love shiny jewelry."

"Custom-made, to be exact, you're the only one, it's taken two months to polish it by an Italian craftsman, and it's with your name on the case!"

When Julie heard this, she opened the inner shell of the dial, and the words "Angelina Julia" were engraved on it, and there was a line of small words "Vincent.C" Women are all emotional animals, even this woman who is known for her independence has now burst into tears, and immediately hugged Chen Bo affectionately.

In fact, this watch is completely favorable, it was originally intended to be given to his wife by Abu, and Chen Bo was only temporarily pulled to be a staff officer. He just remembered that there was a very personal piece that could be used as an ornament for both bracelets and watches, and that provided the idea.

Before it could be made, the couple had a crisis, and Abu gave it to him, and there were not many people who could control this watch, and it happened that Julie was one of them. At least so far, it seems that the effect is still very good, and the sky-high price of 180,000 pounds has not been wasted.