Chapter 232: Blackstone Group Buys ATI
If the graphics processing can't be solved, Sega's Saturn machine is a waste, and hanging 10 CPUs can't catch up with the 3D processing effect of other people's Sony PS, not to mention the handheld, none of the GBA games in the original history can be done, and can only be modified by xiangxia.
But what can these 8-bit and 16-bit graphics chips make? That is, to be the oldest version of Pokemon, Tetris, and the mosaic of Super Mario.
Yang Yun promised to make a girl's version of heartbeat memories for Lin Zhiling, but the handheld computer with an 8-bit graphics processing chip can do heartbeat memories, which is a typical 256-color 2-dimensional beauty, and a 2-dimensional marshal brother composed of pixels.
Even the 16-bit graphics processing chip, that is, 65536 colors, high-color character modeling, looks tired and panicked.
Only by using ATI's 32-bit graphics processing chip and 24-bit true color output can this give the limit of human eye resolution, which is no different from real people, which is high image quality and high effect.
Female gamers are a small but significant group, and it would not be very reliable for them to play heartbeat memories with MD machines and cartridges with memory storage.
What's more, they pursue exquisite graphics, the plot is touching, the requirements for game quality are surprisingly high, and the time to play is not fixed or fixed, and it is best to be able to play heartbeat memories with a handheld computer.
This really stumped Yang Yun, if he didn't buy ATI, the handheld would be a flower in the moon mirror in the water, you can see it, but you can't reach it.
When Cao Kairui flew to Canada, Yang Yun was even more puzzled, this guy was actually on a private jet!
"Mr. Yang. Keeping you waiting! "Cao Kairui's attitude has always been humble and respectful. It can be seen that the cultivation is very good.
Yang Yun pointed to the business plane on the tarmac, and Cao Kairui understood. He explained with a smile: "This kind of small plane can be used in North America, but it is not suitable for long-distance flights to Japan. ”
The two sat down directly at the airport café and talked about the ATI takeover.
Some things must be impossible to hide, Yang Yun asked directly: "weishenme I offered 100 million US dollars to ATI, and they refused, but you can get their investment permission?" Why are you holy? Could it be a member of some mysterious family in the United States? ”
Cao Kairui smiled: "I said, the anti-China sentiment in North America is very serious, although He Guoyuan is also Chinese, but his current nationality is Canadian." It has nothing to do with the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. As for me, I represent an agency called Blackstone, which deals with asset management as well as financial information services. ”
Yang Yun sighed: "Yes, from his point of view, there is no problem at all in doing this, and I understand him very well, so it is not good to force it too hard." Blackstone, Blackstone Group, sorry. I don't know much about the financial markets, haha ......"
Cao Kairui said: "Don't be discouraged, 100 million US dollars can indeed buy their ATI company, which is enough." But they are unlikely to sell, because they are going to go public next year, and the myth of getting rich overnight is about to play out in their company. And we at Blackstone are particularly experienced in going public. So after I contacted He Guoyuan, they immediately agreed to negotiate. ”
"Look at it from your point of view. What will be ATI's market capitalization after listing? Yang Yun asked Yang Zhan. According to his estimates, it was only $100 million at most, so he would quote a price of $100 million.
"It's up to who's doing it!" Cao Kairui smiled mysteriously: "Venture capital companies are different, the market value will be different, our share of shares is different, and the total price will be very different." If I were to operate independently, they would have a market value of at least $200 million, and if you were added, it would be up to $400 million! ”
"What!"
Yang Yun was shocked and almost knocked over the coffee cup in front of him, 100 million and 400 million, how could there be such a big difference?
Cao Kairui stood up and stretched out his hand: "Let's go, let's go to meet the top management of ATI together and take them down together." Before we go over, shouldn't we talk about how to divide between our two companies? ”
In the car, the two initially reached a cooperation intention, if Cao Kairui can really successfully invest in ATI, then the two of them will share half of the ATI, for example, He Guoyuan's team holds 80% of the shares, then Yang Yun and Cao Kairui each have 10%.
Yang Yun did not refuse this plan, the graphics processing hardware manufacturer was originally just his supporting subsidiary, even if it could not be fully controlled, it didn't matter, as long as the product supply was guaranteed.
What's more, there is still an Nvidia that has not appeared, and there will be a chance in the future.
If it is really caused by national problems, then when the time comes, it will be enough for KTT to come forward to acquire NVIDIA, and Yang Yun still has the opportunity to really control a powerful graphics processing chip company.
He Guoyuan and his entrepreneurial partners waited respectfully in the company, shook hands warmly after seeing Cao Kairui, and welcomed Yang Yun very much, as if they had never seen each other.
After sitting down in the conference room, the two armies faced each other and got down to business.
Cao Kairui took a big package: "Blackstone Group and Longteng Company jointly invested, you don't have to worry about everything about ATI's listing on NASDAQ, we are willing to invest 100 million US dollars, obtain 70% of the equity of ATI, and can guarantee that after the listing, each of you will become a billionaire!" ”
He Guoyuan's faces are not very good-looking, and by doing so, they will lose their controlling stake in the company, and as long as there is venture capital, there will definitely be a clause added to the contract, that is, the venture capital company has the right to make additional investments and buy more shares.
But if they don't accept Blackstone's investment, their road to listing is likely to become quite bumpy, Yang Yun doesn't know what Blackstone does, but He Guoyuan and these people know it very well in their hearts.
Although this Wall Street PE giant company has only been established for seven years, the names of the two founders are well-known in the North American financial community.
One of them has set a brilliant record in American politics, and the other has been at the helm of Lehman Brothers, and their most famous investment and acquisition case is that a few years ago, they represented Sony Corporation and acquired Columbia Records at a sky-high price of $2 billion, which became a sensational event with the Rockefeller Building acquisition at that time!
Blackstone Company has become famous since then, the two founders are one in charge of politics and the other is pioneering, and they are quite open in the political and business circles of North America, which is also an important reason why He Guoyuan and others dare not easily offend them!
If Yang Yun knew this, I am afraid he would also look at the sky and sigh: "It turns out that being rich is not omnipotent!" ”
He Guoyuan put forward his team's idea: "We need at least 51%, otherwise the development of ATI will ...... out of control"
"No need!" Cao Kairui waved his hand: "You still have control, I will give you 40%, Blackstone and Longteng will each get 30%, and we will not interfere in the daily operation of ATI." Longteng only needs a stable supply channel, while Blackstone is only interested in financial operations and stable income. ”
He Guoyuan and the others breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and shook hands and said, "Deal!" ”
"Happy working together!" Everyone shook hands one after another, and Yang Yun was in a trance for a while, this business was actually done?
This is the benefit of strong strength, ATI people know that once they are in the Blackstone Group, the future prospects are limitless, so their bottom line is to make business decisions, and then get as many benefits as possible.
And Yang Yun doesn't bring them much convenience, if it is sold for 100 million US dollars, ATI is likely to become a supporting factory for Longteng in the future, and its fate will be tied to the game industry, which is an extremely unwise choice in the eyes of He Guoyuan and others, so they rejected Yang Yun and recognized Blackstone, this is the difference.
As long as you find out the bottom line of the negotiation opponent, the negotiation will be much easier, and Yang Yun and Blackstone Group, who are not short of money, can buy what they want with only money, and achieve a win-win situation for everyone.
There is no need to open a celebration party or anything, Yang Zhan took Longteng's professional team to fly to Canada urgently, Cao Kairui is not interested in eating and drinking parties, to their level, unless it is a social entertainment for the upper class of politics and business, it is worth going, and a small company like the acquisition of ATI is not worth mentioning at all.
On Cao Kairui's business jet, Yang Yun raised the champagne and signaled, "You help me this time." ”
Cao Kairui clinked glasses with him and said with a smile: "You're welcome, although I am an American citizen, I still have the blood of the Yellow Emperor of China in my bones, maybe Cao Pheasant Jing is my younger brother!" ”
This......
Yang Yun almost burst out laughing, this kind of fabrication, I'm afraid only people from the Cao family will take it out as a joke.
"It's really hanging this time, I'm afraid only people like you who can hold the lifeline can handle them!"
Cao Kairui smiled: "It's just the right time." Oh yes, when Longteng needs financing to go public, you can come to me, I promise to give you a good price! ”
Yang Yun smiled and closed his mouth: "Don't worry, don't hit my idea!" Dragon Teng is my private property and will not be sold! ”
made friends with Cao Kairui, and Yang Yun's path in North America was wider in the future.
After all, KTT is only a professional game production company, and Yang Zhan's ability is only limited to Asia, so if you want to play in North America, you still need a large company with deep qualifications like Blackstone Group.
Investing in IBM? Investing in Apple? Investing in Google? Investing in Microsoft?
For Yang Yun, it should no longer be a dream from now on, at least there is a glimmer of hope, right?
When Yang Zhan urgently dealt with ATI, Yang Yun easily spent a week of happy time in New York with the Lin siblings, and then sent the two of them back to Taipei before the New Year, and he returned to the capital.
The hardware matter has been dealt with.,Here's the software and external problems.,Heartbeat memories of this love game.,Whether it can be sold in China?,This still needs to be a big question mark!
Yang Yun came to Zhu Shuguang's office again, and he already regarded Zhu Shuguang as a robot cat! (To be continued......)