Chapter 172: Dominoes
The three-way deal was as exciting as the NBA player transfer, Yahoo gave up its business in China to get the most promising e-commerce company in China, and then Ali traded its search business to Dingdong, the third-largest company in the C2C market.
The change of ownership of Yahoo Yisou also made Zhou Hongyi, the vice president in charge of search business, choose to leave in advance and create Qihoo Technology.
As a result, Ant Search has crossed the 60% mark in China, and Taobao will surpass eBay to reach 60% of the market share after the integration, continuing to put pressure on the international giant.
Although it was a failure, eBay did not intend to give up so directly, and had already touched the dust from the Japanese market, and if it continued to fail in China, it would lose the entire East Asian market, so they decided to break through in their own weak link.
What do they need? The answer is instant messengers, and they need a huge traffic tool to guide young audiences back to eBay's platform, not only in the Chinese market, but also in the world.
So they approached the B&P fund and proposed to buy Skype, which will begin formal negotiations in two months at the behest of Chen Bo.
Baidu, which has always ranked second in the search engine in China, can't wait to prove itself and announced that it will apply for a NASDAQ IPO in advance and strive for a successful listing before the year.
Can Google sit still? It was also announced that it would officially land on the Nasdaq in June, two months earlier than originally planned in August.
This is the domino effect, on the surface, it is just a series of three companies, which implicates the changes of many companies behind the scenes, and also affects the historical process of this plane.
In late May, after Ellison finished planning, he opened his aggressive fangs and began to meet with McNeely, the founder and current CEO of Sun, to formally submit the acquisition proposal.
Coincidentally, immediately after Oracle's official announcement, IBM's headquarters in New York State on the East Coast leaked to the media that the board of directors is also very interested in Sun, and will come up with a plan to acquire it in the near future.
Even Teladata, a company specializing in data warehousing, and SAP, a European software giant based in Waldorf, Germany, have expressed varying degrees of concern. The whirlpool, with Silicon Valley as the eye of the storm, has spread to the whole world, with the exception of Microsoft's SQL Server and Sweden's MySQL.
After all, Sun has a 9% database market share and is still the world's third-largest server vendor, and Java, an open-source programming language, has been neglected, and it is free anyway, and even if it is acquired, it will not really help Oracle.
Unlike the emerging Internet companies, which are a major event in the traditional software industry, Oracle itself is strong enough, and if you add Sun's high-quality assets, then it will override IBM, and of course it will affect the whole body.
This also aroused Ellison's fighting spirit, he is the kind of person who likes to face difficulties and be unruly, not to mention facing these strong opponents, of course, he does not feel any fear at all, but a little more excited.
Chen Bo, who was hiding behind his back as a yellow finch, quietly left Silicon Valley and came to Europe again on the just-delivered BBJ2 business jet, which was painted with the logo of ant search, which was very eye-catching and could be regarded as a mobile outdoor advertisement. Like Trupp, his Boeing 757 is printed with his own surname.
The western part of Germany near the Netherlands alone is an important industrial region, the Ruhr region, known for its well-developed coal mining and steelmaking.
Gelsenkirchen, a city of only 300,000 people, is crazy about a sport. This is the home of Schalke 04 Football Club, and it is crowded with people on match days because many miners became Schalke's first fans, and they were also nicknamed Sand Mine.
Although it is a German powerhouse, it has a poor record, and the last time it won the Bundesliga was in 1958. However, when it comes to the second millennium, Bayer Pharmaceutical's factory team Leverkusen is not too reckless, it can be said that it is only born for the runner-up, and the Bundesliga and FA Cup have forgotten what they look like.
But that's not the point, because the league is over, and now it's the highlight of the year, the final of the UEFA Champions League in the 03-04 season, against two dark horses, one is Porto from Portugal and the other is Monaco.
Built at a cost of 190 million euros, with 52,000 seats, movable lawns, movable roofs, and Europe's five-star stadium Ovschalke, the competition for the Big Ears Cup officially began after a whistle.
Chen Bowan turned down the invitation of UEFA officials, and instead chose one of the private rooms, it was better to brag quietly with Abu than to deal with those hypocritical politicians.
Chelsea finished second in the Premier League, champions of unbeaten city rivals Arsenal. However, they were knocked out of the Champions League by Abu's Blues and then fell to Monaco, albeit with a handball goal.
"Don't be depressed, whichever team wins the championship today you will poach his players and ask for his coach. You're in your first year of investing and you've finished second in the league, and you've done a great job. Abu's face was still a little cloudy, and he still seemed to be reeling in the shadow of the league defeat.
"I'm quite satisfied with the runner-up, but I'm not happy that these Europeans are blind and can knock me out with a handball."
"Don't forget, you're a European, too." Chen Bo quipped, "There are black whistles everywhere, but Europe is relatively clean, and those people just see that you use the golden yuan policy to destroy the balance of traditional football, and would rather let a small team advance than let you get involved." ”
"Is it wrong for me to have money to invest in football? Chelsea has such a big hole for me to fill, and it was all borrowed from my private pocket, and not a penny of interest has been confiscated, these bastards are really hateful! Abu puffed up.
"You're not wrong, but you've broken the rules of the game. In the past, this was a giant game, what Real Madrid, Milan, Bayern their toys, you are a newcomer so high-profile, they are not happy. You must know that the Bosman Act has benefited more players, but he has been out of work since winning the lawsuit, which is a truth. When the next tyrant comes in, your pressure will be shifted. ”
In European football before 95 years, transfer rules and domestic are the same as urine, players want to transfer after the expiration of the contract still have to pay a fee to the original club, although there is no relationship between them, the Belgian Bosman was angry and sued the Court of Justice of the European Union, the lawsuit finally won after several years of disputes.
The flow of players began to accelerate, small teams could not afford to pay the salaries of big-name players, and had to be reduced to processing factories, big clubs brandished money to build their own galactic battleships, luxury rosters, and the era of capital made the sport of football begin to fall into madness.
But this period of time is quite restrained, and Abu's arrival will only exacerbate this situation, and any loyalty and honor will become extremely greedy in front of capital.
The decline of the traditional wealthy, the rise of the rich upstarts, and the Europeans who pay attention to pure blood certainly don't want to see him, but they are the ones who make the rules of the game, and no matter how rich you are, you have become extremely weak.
"Porto played really well, it's better to have a big win to get rid of the hatred in my heart." Abu's anger was not yet gone, and he cursed Monaco viciously on the field.
But God seemed to hear his prayers, and Monaco captain Gully went off injured halfway through the first half, and a few minutes later Porto scored a goal under the pressure of the defence, and Abou clapped his hands excitedly as if it were his team.
Monaco, who wanted to equalize in the second half, set off an attacking wave, but Porto, who was firmly defending the counterattack, was penetrated again, and twice, and the aggregate score was also fixed at 3-0, which remained until the end of the game, and won the top of Europe for the second time in history.
"I want the head coach of the Porto team, Jose Mourinho, to bring such a broken team to the European championship, it is really not easy! No matter how much salary, I agree! Abu's excitement was palpable.
"Broken team? Isn't it also a wealthy family in Portugal? Chen Bo couldn't help but slander that with the relationship between Brazil's suzerain, Portugal has always been the first stop for Brazilian footballers to land in Europe, and there are many potential new stars, in addition to no money, the technology is not bad.
"Anyway, I'm going to decide on this person."
"I'm also very optimistic about this coach and support your decision, maybe you can win the championship next season. But it's easy to settle down early to get used to it in advance, after all, it's the European Championship next, and there is not so much time to rest. ”
One is a wealthy boss who is not stingy, and the other is a cutting-edge head coach with a clear personality, both of them are very young, what kind of sparks can be sparked, I am afraid the whole world will look forward to it.
Ever since the Milhouse Foundation overcame the odds and made money, Abu has completely opened up his trust in him, and at one point wanted to buy a beach in Montenegro to develop a tourist area. Obviously, the speed of making money cannot be compared with investing in start-up companies, even if you want to engage in real estate, which hot land can compare with China?
However, this is also a great risk, now the country needs foreign capital, so in the future, real estate is overheated, and when the RMB appreciates, it will inevitably restrict foreign exchange to avoid the collapse of the bubble, which can be described as a double-edged sword.
Since Rosrock Capital dared to come in, of course Chen Bo didn't mind, it wasn't his money anyway.
But if Abu wants to come, of course he will dissuade him, there is forty percent of me here, let's let the property be low-key, after all, it has always sucked the blood of the people, and it would be too bad for him to do it.
There is still half a month to go before the European Cup is about to open, and it is also a tough battle for ant search, Chen Bo used this free time to walk around the European land, inspect the work of various offices, and also prepare for the future layout in Europe.