When Intel issued an invitation to Apple's major shareholder, Shouwang Ventures, to jointly acquire ATi in accordance with the established plan, Shouwang Ventures also sold all its Enron shares at a price of 84 yuan per share.

Compared with the 39 yuan when I bought it, the selling price of 84 yuan can still make Shouwang Venture Capital make a lot of money, even if it includes taxes and fees for short-term operations, but if you put it together with what you want to do next, then this money is a little shabby.

After encountering the hammer of the long-arm jurisdiction, ATi, which has changed its leadership, accepted the acquisition offer of 3.2 billion, and according to the acquisition negotiation of the equity half, Shouwang Venture Capital, which is unwilling to complete the acquisition with share replacement, needs to pay 1.6 billion in cash on this acquisition case, so that even if Shouwang Venture Capital makes enough money on Enron stock, there are still nearly 700 million holes to fill.

That's a hole of 700 million!

If you pile it up and burn it, you have to burn it for a long time!

The resulting smoke may not envelop all of San Francisco, but it's more than enough to block a single Golden Gate Bridge.

And when I think that the acquisition is so expensive, Shouwang Venture Capital is a little bald.

In addition, what makes Overwatch Ventures even more anxious is that its own boss also takes a fancy to PayPal, so they also need to prepare a cash sum of five to one billion to buy part of the stake in the company that has merged with Elon Musk.

That's right, at the beginning, Roland did want to make PayPal a wholly-owned subsidiary of Overwatch Ventures, and to complete the deal, it would take ten to fifteen billion in cash, but after seeing the big show of Microsoft and Apple, Roland changed his mind and decided to acquire part of PayPal's shares, and then sell it to eBay to gain the right to speak within eBay.

This is not because Overwatch Venture Capital cannot buy PayPal with 1.5 billion cash at the same time as acquiring ATi, but Roland wants to learn from Microsoft and create a friend in a single market.

That's right, it's what Rebus calls a merchant with friendly relations.

It is true that after the acquisition of PayPal, Roland can indeed try to follow the Warren-Buffett relationship, tie up with Visa International and Mastercard International, and at the same time that other online payment companies are trying to figure out how to cultivate brands, they will directly reduce the dimensionality in the form of endorsement by the world's largest and second largest credit card organizations, and crush all opponents with the weapon of 'standardization' when the industry has not yet developed savagely, but ......

This makes no sense except to be hated and provoked by anti-monopoly lawsuits!

Although all industries can only eat the greatest profits if they are dominant, once a company achieves a monopoly in a single market, the ensuing targeting will also be a headache.

Even if all the problems can be easily passed, but the continuous investigation and fines will consume the company's credibility to the outside world, so it is better to put on two vests from the beginning and let the competition continue to continue.

Just as Microsoft needs Apple, Amazon needs an eBay.

Just as Bill Gates needs Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos needs an Elon Musk.

Roland may never get a chance to be Bill Gates' boss again, but he still has a chance to be the boss of Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, and in that case, even if the two sides are fighting head-to-head, it's a good thing for him.

First, legal issues are circumvented.

Second, it can truly monopolize a market.

Under this benefit, acquiring a certain amount of PayPal's shares, so as to enter eBay and enter the board of directors of the other party, has become Roland's real idea after watching the farce, which is not only to provide Amazon with better growth space, but also to guard against the invasion of News Corp., after all, when I empty all the companies in the entire industry, if the enemy still wants to enter, then it must violate the principle of cost-effectiveness, start to burn money frantically, and once this step is taken, the stock price will teach the listed company to behave!

Of course, although the penguin's Gu breeding plan is indeed simple and clear, but if it is really operated, the bends and corners of it will be very troublesome, but it doesn't matter, because there is no shortage of people in this world to work, when Roland told David about his feelings, he felt that there was no problem, so he asked the CEO of Shouwang Venture Capital to come and take the order.

Yes, after the major companies under Roland's name were split and reorganized in order to avoid the risk of listing, David, who had limited energy, also began to call for tool people, in addition to retaining the chairmanship of each company, all other positions were recruited.

As for the risk of the company's operation after the increase in outsiders?

There is no such thing at all.

Because Roland's company operates in the same business model as Berkshire Hathaway, all of them are a core with octopus tentacles, so the hired employees only need to put their heads to work, and they don't need to do market analysis at all.

After all, in a strong market analysis, it is no match for the whispers between capital.

Just as Disney blamed the loss of "Mulan" on its opponents, and Microsoft slammed someone for hacking the America election, the media will only let people see what they want people to see, and if they really do it......

Then you might as well draw lots to decide everything!

The latter is still providential!

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"So, you came back suddenly, and you asked me to continue to help you buy the company?"

David and Roland, wearing hard hats, walked among the mud, and the oncoming mountain wind swept up the fragrance of the earth.

The earthy smell in the air is a bit tangy, but when mixed with the grass fragrance on the side, the feeling is like the Herba Fresca launched by Guerlain in '99, sweet but not greasy, astringent and not twisted.

Don't ask how Roland, who doesn't like to study this stuff, understands this.

After having a woman, many things will naturally be understood.

"How is that possible!" Roland, who had his hands in his pockets, looked at the construction site in the distance and replied casually: "Am I that kind of person?" ”

"I'm coming back this time to attend the premiere of Ashley and Mary's new movie, to buy the company, just in passing."

"After all, my sister is more important than business!"

"Oh! Is it? Roland's rhetoric provoked David's unsteady, snorted lightly and turned his head, glanced at the guy who was already taller than himself, and said, "Sister is more important than business?" Why didn't Lizzy come back when she had her birthday? ”

"The zoo has already been built, and you haven't been there once?"

This reply made Roland look embarrassed, but at the same time as he laughed, his thoughts suddenly turned and he said stiffly: "The zoo is different from the premiere, as long as the zoo is built, then we can go whenever we want, and the premiere is less than once, after all, this is the penultimate movie of Ashley and Mary......"

"Scarcity is expensive! Scarcity is expensive! ”

"Sneer......"

David rolled his eyes.

Roland's fallacies amused him.

It's obvious that I fell in love and can't extricate myself, so I forgot everything around me!

There is no shame in this kind of thing, so why pretend to hide it!

Don't bother with such trivial things, and continue to move forward along the road that people have stepped on, during the time that Roland was away, David had spent more than 30 million to help him take down this 157 acres of land at the top of Beverly Mountain.

"According to your wishes, we will build a medieval castle on this piece of land that is bigger than Disneyland."

"And in order to meet Kate's needs, I would go to England and ask a Norman architect to design it."

"As for the cost, I don't know yet, but it's ......"

"Are you sure you want to build a Scandinavian-style castle in Los Angeles? Don't you think this kind of behavior is strange? ”

When David took out a map to point out the country and selected the area box where he could build a castle, the doubts in his heart also confided, "If you want to build an ancient castle, wouldn't it be good to buy land in England to build it?" Do you have to run to the coastal city of Los Angeles to build? ”

As soon as these words came out, Roland immediately shrugged his shoulders, and his face showed the helplessness that only men can understand, "David, this is not a question of whether I want to build it, but a question that must be built." ”

"Oh~" David stretched his voice and showed a knowing smile, "Is it Kate who wants it?" ”

"Are you impatient?"

"I know, your aunt sometimes ...... like this"

However, as soon as David raised his hand and patted Roland's shoulder, wanting to show empathy and understanding, Roland shook his head and denied: "No, Kate didn't say that, but I think I might need this castle." ”

"Kate wants to stay in the UK, but the climate in the UK is really unfriendly to me."

After living in Europe for half a year, he returned to Los Angeles, and the warmth that greeted him made Roland feel comfortable.

Compared with this coastal city where the room temperature is maintained at 68 degrees Fahrenheit all year round, the temperature difference between European countries fluctuates, it is like speculating in stocks with an electrocardiogram, heaven one second, hell the next.

Take London as an example, at the end of December last year, the average daily temperature was 44 degrees Fahrenheit, and in Los Angeles, the lowest was 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

In this way, when everyone in the outside world is fighting for life and death, what Roland wants to do most is not to continue to build his business empire, but to think about how to coax his mother-in-law to stay in Los Angeles better after marriage.

Just like Tom Hanks immigrated to Greece for his wife but did not give up his American citizenship, Roland can accompany Kate home for a stay, but ...... It's better not to be in winter, because it's really cold.

"So you want to build a Norman castle?"

"Let her live in a familiar environment?"

"There is a routine!"

Roland's brain circuits made David give a thumbs up in admiration.

While putting away the drawings, David also patted Roland's chest, and his admiration for him was as endless as a surging river.

"I've always said that I don't understand romance, but I can do it one by one!"

"I've heard about the wedding preparation process before, in this era of proliferation of technology, a billionaire with a net worth of tens of billions actually uses hand-painted methods to satisfy his fiancée's wedding dream? OK! OK! ”

"If you add the previous proposal, wow, tell me which woman doesn't want to marry you?"

When David put his arm around Roland's shoulders and told Roland's heroic deeds over the years, Roland suddenly felt that his face was a little hot, "No! Isn't all of this because of the greater good and a more stable life? People like us don't need passion, they just need stability! ”

“I know！ I know！ You don't need to be so excited. ”

David didn't believe Roland's defense at all, and said: "I understand what you say, I just sigh that you can play so well!" ”

Seeing that Roland still wanted to say something, David pushed Roland forward with a slight force with both hands, "Okay, let's take a look elsewhere, and then we can go home for dinner......"

Does Roland love Kate or not?

This kind of question no longer makes any sense to David.

At this moment, he is like an old father who raises his children, and at the same time he sees his own melon baby and a happy family, which is gratifying, pleasant and extremely satisfying.

"Oh yes, I signed a prenuptial agreement with her."

While strolling around, Roland also spoke out about the safety he had prepared.

David naturally knew about such a thing, after all, the prenuptial agreement was still drafted by him according to Roland's wishes, and he found a lawyer.

"All the fixed assets of Britain belong to her, don't you?"

"Yes, that's my idea."

“What？ What do you call your thoughts? ”

"Because she changed."

"Huh? What more could she ask for? Hearing Roland say this, David, who was still smiling, frowned.

The slightly puzzled inquiry vividly reflected the doubts in his heart, and at the same time, he shook his head and said: "No, in the newly revised prenuptial agreement, after the divorce, she doesn't want a penny." ”

"And what does she want?"

"If she is the party at fault, then she will leave the house, if she is not at fault, she wants custody and custody of all the children, and I cannot go to see the children without her consent."

When David heard the words 'custody' and 'custody', Ben's forward pace suddenly paused, and a few seconds later, when Roland was about to turn his head to investigate, David, who had returned to normal, turned into two steps and caught up.

Holding Roland's shoulders, the bearded old uncle smiled and said, "Okay, people want stability more than you." ”

"yes, I want stability more than I do." Roland raised his eyebrows and nodded approvingly.

Just as Roland didn't want to divorce Kate, Kate didn't want to divorce Roland, because everyone knew that divorce compensation was not attractive at all compared to Mrs. Allen's status.

But the problem is that no one can guarantee which accident like divorce or tomorrow will come first, and in the case of having to sign a prenuptial agreement, changing the stop-loss plan of divorce compensation and turning it into a means of marriage continuation after the accident is what Kate wants to do the most.

If she is at fault, then she is out of the house.

This harsh clause made her cut off all other thoughts herself.

If Roland is at fault, the child belongs to hers.

This 'grief of losing a child' would make Roland tread carefully.

The shackles of a prenuptial agreement will act like 'R and K', making both parties carefully maintain the relationship, and in this case, both parties believe that they can reap the happiness that is visible to the naked eye.

As for if it really comes to divorce, Roland can ask the judge to award the child to himself through other means?

Kate wasn't worried about this kind of thing at all.

Because when the time comes, there will be a lot of violent machines that want to find trouble with Roland, who has a global monopoly in a certain industry......

Among them, of course, the United Kingdom, which lost face in this business.