Chapter 107: A Golden Opportunity (More than 4,000 words, please subscribe)
About a week later, Rex Aiden, Fujio Masaoka and others came to Shanghai.
Zhao Ye took someone from Loongson Design Company to the airport to pick up the plane in person to show his attention.
Toshiba doesn't know the value of NAND, can Zhao Ye still not know?
Not to mention the value of NAND flash memory itself, just using it to develop products can give it more advantages than other competitors, such as the development of U disks, digital cameras, mobile phones, game consoles, etc., the data storage capacity of flash memory far exceeds that of other storage media.
Near noon, Rex Aiden, Fujio Masaoka and his party walked out of the airport.
Zhao Ye waved hello as he walked towards them.
"Rex, thank you for your hard work!"
"Also, Mr. Fujio Masaoka, welcome to join the Borderless Group, I believe that you will be able to show your talents to the fullest!!"
Zhao Ye shook hands with Rex Aiden and Fujio Masaoka respectively.
Rex Aiden smiled and said, "It's not hard."
Fujio Masaoka was a little moved to see Zhao Ye being so enthusiastic about him, after all, he had been snubbed at Toshiba for a long time, and as long as someone gave him a little warmth, he would be very moved.
"Let's get in the car first and go back to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Fujio Masaoka and the others!" Zhao Ye greeted, and then took the lead and walked outside.
At this time, many people at the airport had already noticed Zhao Ye's side.
Some people recognized Zhao Ye, and they looked surprised when they arrived, ready to come over and watch strongly.
This is a living Zhao Ye~
Zhao Ye hurriedly left with everyone, then got into the car and left.
In the evening, Zhao Ye was in the old hotel of the capital to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Fujio and others, and on the wine table, they were happy, and the guests and hosts were happy, needless to say.
The next day, eight members of the NAND design team, including Fujio Masaoka, officially joined Loongson Design.
Zhao Ye transferred fifteen employees to join the NAND flash memory development department to learn from Fujio Masaoka and others.
NAND flash memory still has shortcomings and needs to be further improved.
In the previous life, Fujio Masaoka and others were not welcomed by Toshiba and lacked R&D funds, but they successfully perfected it in 1989, greatly reducing the cost per bit, having higher performance, and being easily upgraded through interfaces like disks.
In this life, the development of NAND flash memory technology is bound to be much faster.
The third-generation game console of the Borderless Group can replace the CD with a NAND flash memory card.
In the second generation of game consoles, NAND flash memory technology should not be mature, and when applied to game cards, the storage capacity is not as good as that of CDs.
In Zhao Ye's vision, the second-generation game console should be 16-bit, which was planned to be released in 1988.
The third generation of the game was 32-bit and was released in 1993.
In his previous life, it seemed that the world's first 32-bit game console was also released in 1993, and Zhao Ye did not let his competitors have the slightest chance to overtake!
In terms of memory chips, with Fujio Masaoka and others joining Loongson Design Company, Zhao Ye no longer needs to worry about flash memory, but memory development still has a long way to go.
Zhao Ye is busy developing EDA while leading everyone to develop DRAM memory.
The importance of DRAM memory cannot be overstated.
In mobile phone applications, the role of DRAM is to provide data storage space for AP processing operations. In servers and PCs, DRAM provides data staging space for CPU operations.
Of course, in game console applications, DRAM also plays the same role.
Therefore, Zhao Ye now focuses on DRAM memory and spends most of the day in the laboratory.
Secretary Liu Yinyin had something important to look for him, and she had to make a special trip to the laboratory.
"Boss, this is an important news from the Wujiang Group (Hong Kong Branch), the British Lloyds Bank wants to acquire Standard Chartered Bank, and Standard Chartered Bank is not willing to be acquired, so it is seeking help from the outside world, Zhou Anping, general manager of Wujiang Group (Hong Kong Branch), believes that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to give Wujiang Group the opportunity to acquire Standard Chartered Bank...... Standard Chartered Bank is a large bank in Hong Kong with the right to issue notes, with a large scale and a business network all over the world, and it is very important for Wujiang Group to have such a large bank. ”
When Zhao Ye heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up.
He also wants to buy a bank, but he doesn't like a small bank.
Standard Chartered Bank is quite suitable, although the scale is large, but it is not so much that Wujiang Group cannot acquire.
Zhao Ye vaguely remembered that in his previous life, Lloyds Bank made a hostile acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank, but was repelled by Qiu Depua, Hong Kong ship king Pao Yugang, and Australian businessman Robert at a price of 1.3 billion pounds, and the three of them successfully bought 37% of Standard Chartered Bank's shares.
In 1986, the exchange rate of the British pound against the US dollar was 1:1.4.
£1.3 billion, or $1.82 billion.
Wujiang Group alone was able to take a 37% stake in Standard Chartered Bank.
The question now is, will the other three be mixed up in the same way as in their previous lives?
The four people share it, and the Wujiang Group will not get many shares.
Zhao Ye was a little entangled at this time.
Standard Chartered Bank's fragrant bait, I don't think there will be anyone who doesn't want to take a bite.
He couldn't stop Qiu Depu, Pao Yugang and Australian businessman Robert from taking shares in Standard Chartered Bank.
However, these people eventually sold their shares, and they could take the opportunity to take over.
Qiu Degen was involved in a false account lawsuit in 1988 and had to sell ATV, and it seems possible if he added fuel to the fire and forced him to sell his stake in Standard Chartered Bank.
Standard Chartered Bank's shareholding is dispersed, even if it is 13.5%, it is already the largest shareholder of Standard Chartered Bank.
If you can control 37% of the shares, or more, you will already be able to control Standard Chartered Bank. With control, if you want to increase your shareholdings, there are many means.
It seems that this is really an opportunity to acquire Standard Chartered Bank.
Zhao Ye smiled and said to the secretary Liu Yinyin: "Let Zhou Anping contact the management of Standard Chartered Bank, and say that Wujiang Group is willing to buy shares of Standard Chartered Bank and help Standard Chartered Bank repel the hostile takeover of Lloyds Bank in the United Kingdom!" By the way, this time, tell Zhou Anping that he must buy as many shares of Standard Chartered Bank as possible. ”
"Okay!"
After Zhao Ye finished explaining, he thought about it and turned his head to continue developing DRAM.
No matter how much equity in Standard Chartered Bank can be bought this time, it will not lose money anyway, and the market value of Standard Chartered Bank has been growing.
If you can't buy Standard Chartered Bank in the end, it's a big deal to set up a bank on your own and then slowly develop it. In this way, in the early stage of the bank's development, Wujiang Group can still hold 100% of the shares, even if the bank will give up part of its equity in order to expand in the future, but it still accounts for the majority and can firmly grasp the control of the bank.
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At around 8 o'clock in the evening, Qiu Degen suddenly went to visit Bao Yugang's house.
Qiu Degen himself is the founder of Far Eastern Bank, and he is particularly sensitive to the hostile takeover of Standard Chartered Bank by Lloyds Bank in the United Kingdom, and feels that this is a rare opportunity to take the opportunity to buy a large amount of shares of Standard Chartered Bank and become the majority shareholder of Standard Chartered Bank!
However, he alone was not strong enough to repel the British Lloyds Bank.
So I thought of Hong Kong's famous charter boat king and joined forces with it.
"Boss Qiu visited late at night, I don't know what to do?" Bao Yugang asked with a smile.
Qiu Degen said straight to the point: "The hostile takeover of Standard Chartered Bank by Lloyds Bank in the United Kingdom, must have you heard of the charter king? I plan to join forces with the charter king to help Standard Chartered Bank defeat Lloyds Bank. At the same time, we can also take this opportunity to buy a large number of shares of Standard Chartered Bank and become the majority shareholder of Standard Chartered Bank! Even if Mr. Bao doesn't want to hold the shares of Standard Chartered Bank for a long time, he can slowly sell the shares afterwards and make a lot of money! ”
After hearing this, Bao Yugang thought for a while, and then said to Qiu Degen with a smile: "Boss Qiu, this idea is really good, I'm a little moved." Don't know how much money we have to prepare to beat Lloyds Bank? ”
Qiu Degen replied: "It will cost about 1.5 billion pounds. ”
"£1.5 billion is not a small amount of money! It's a bit risky! Bao Yugang frowned, but in his heart he was weighing the pros and cons and whether it was worth the risk.
Qiu Degen continued: "I have contacted Australian businessman Robert and he is also interested in getting involved. If the three of us join forces and have strong financial resources, we can help Standard Chartered Bank defeat Lloyds Bank! ”
When Bao Yugang heard this, he smiled on his face, "Boss Qiu is so thoughtful, he even contacted more people, it seems that the victory is in hand, and there is no reason why Bao should not participate!" ”
Qiu Degen said with a smile: "With the participation of the charter boat king, this time it will definitely be a sure win!! Recalling a few years ago, the charter king raised 2.1 billion Hong Kong dollars in three days to win the Wharf, how high-spirited it was, and it is still talked about! ”
"Haha, Boss Qiu smiled, the past is unbearable......" Bao Yugang smiled modestly, waved his hand, and said, "Count the romantic characters, and look at the present." If you want to say that the most beautiful and eye-catching one is the one on the mainland! ”
"You mean Zhao Ye?!"
"Haha, Boss Qiu also heard about this person's deeds?"
"How could you not have heard of it?!" Qiu Degen sighed, "It is said that many economic magazines or professional appraisal agencies believe that Zhao Ye will be the richest Chinese in the world this year!" Speaking of which, I also asked people to investigate. It's okay not to investigate, but when I investigated, I was stunned, he is only 22 years old now, and Wujiang Group's revenue last year was close to 5 billion yuan. This year, the "Poor Strange Home Game Console" landed in Japan and generated hundreds of billions of yen in revenue in a few weeks, which is simply unbelievable and unbelievable! ”
When Bao Yugang heard this, he couldn't help but nod his head in agreement.
"There are talented people from generation to generation, and they have been leading the way for hundreds of years! Our glorious times have passed! Bao Yugang sighed.
Qiu Degen shook his head and said: "King of charter boats, you are too humble, you are now prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, your career is thriving, and last year you spent 2.6 billion Hong Kong dollars to acquire Wheelock, one of the four major foreign companies, which surprised the whole Hong Kong!" How many people can compare to such a feat? ”
The two old men blew each other in business and chatted, but it was not embarrassing at all.
……
The next morning, after Zhou Anping received Zhao Ye's instructions, he immediately contacted Mason Kemp, the senior of Standard Chartered Bank, and the two made an appointment to meet at the Peninsula Hotel at noon.
At around 11:40, Zhou Anping came to the hotel private room that had been booked in advance.
After waiting for a while, Mason Camp knocked on the door and entered.
"Hello, Mr. Mason Kemp!"
"Mr. Zhou Anping, hello!"
The two shook hands and greeted each other.
After the waiter served the food, Zhou Anping said bluntly: "Lloyds Bank of the United Kingdom has acquired Standard Chartered Bank hostilely, which is a critical situation for Standard Chartered Bank. If there is no external help, I am afraid it will be difficult to get through this hurdle. At that time, the original management of Standard Chartered Bank will probably be purged by Lloyds Bank, including Mr. Mason Kemp's senior position......"
When Mason Camp heard this, he frowned slightly, obviously being hit by Zhou Anping, and he was afraid of losing his position in the senior class of Standard Chartered Bank......
Zhou Anping noticed Mason Kemp's expression and took advantage of the victory to pursue: "Wujiang Group can buy shares of Standard Chartered Bank and help Standard Chartered Bank defeat Lloyds Bank of the United Kingdom." ”
After a pause, Zhou Anping changed his words, looked at Mason Camp and said, "During Mr. Mason Kemp's tenure as the senior class of Standard Chartered Bank, Standard Chartered Bank has developed rapidly, if Wujiang Group can become the major shareholder of Standard Chartered Bank, then it will continue to support Mr. Mason Kemp as the senior class of Standard Chartered Bank, after all, there are few excellent Taipan like Mr. Mason Kemp in the world!" ”
Mason Camp was a little embarrassed to be praised, waved his hand and said: "It's too famous, don't dare to be it." There is a saying in China that 'in his position, he is in power', and I am just doing my duty as a bank leader. ”
"Well, Mr. Mason Camp has a very reasonable point, 'in his place, in his government', it's as simple as that, but there are too many people in this world, and if Standard Chartered Bank falls into the hands of these people, it will definitely decline. Mr. Mason Kemp, what do you think? ”
"That's right, that's right! Therefore, if Wujiang Group can become the majority shareholder of Standard Chartered Bank, I will naturally welcome it! With the help of Wujiang Group, Standard Chartered Bank will be able to defeat Lloyds Bank in the UK! Mason Camp nodded.
"Then thank you Mr. Mason Kemp, when the time comes, when our Wujiang Group is ready to buy the shares of Standard Chartered Bank, I hope to be able to get some help from Taipan!"
"Haha, no problem!" Mason Camp laughed and patted his chest in reassurance.
Seeing that the dishes were almost cold, Zhou Anping motioned to Mason Camp to eat.
Suddenly, in the private room of the hotel, the cups were passed and the cups were very happy.
……
In the afternoon of the same day, a somewhat drunk Mason Camp returned to Standard Chartered Bank and convened a meeting of the management to talk about the plan of Wujiang Group to take a stake in Standard Chartered Bank.
"At present, Wujiang Group is in the limelight for a while, if it can introduce Wujiang Group to become a shareholder of Standard Chartered Bank, this is undoubtedly a huge good news for our Standard Chartered Bank, and it will seriously hinder the hostile takeover of Lloyds Bank in the UK!"
When all the executives heard this, they all nodded.
"Since everyone agrees, then we will persuade the shareholders' meeting to agree to issue additional shares to Wujiang Group!" Mason Kemp said again.
The decision of the management of Standard Chartered Bank will also be seriously considered by the major shareholders.
The current situation is very unfavorable for Standard Chartered Bank, and the introduction of a strong strategic investor like Wujiang Group will undoubtedly have more advantages than disadvantages.
Knock knock knock......
There was a knock at the door, and in an instant, an OL beauty walked in.
Mason Camp looked at her and asked, "Is there anything urgent about the meeting right now?" ”
"Yes, Taipan. Right now, Far Eastern Bank Qiu Degen, Hong Kong ship king Bao Yugang and Macau businessman Robert jointly came to Standard Chartered Bank, saying that they wanted to help Standard Chartered Bank and repel the hostile takeover of Lloyds Bank in the United Kingdom! ”
As soon as the words fell, the audience immediately discussed.
Originally, Standard Chartered Bank was already in jeopardy in the face of a hostile takeover by Lloyds Bank of the United Kingdom.
Unexpectedly, there was a change in the peak, and before there was Wujiang Group intending to invest in Standard Chartered Bank, and then Qiu Degen, charter ship king, and Macau businessman Robert also wanted to invest in Standard Chartered......
Everyone, look at me, I look at you, what should I do?
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