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   Chapter 424 Villain

   This year seems destined to be an uneasy year for the entire technology industry. Just after Christmas, Apple and its old rival Microsoft broke shocking news, although Song Yang also intervened.

   Apple, which was caught in a precarious situation, has survived the crisis for a while, and it will not be possible to determine whether it can survive until the next generation of Apple products is developed, but the hand in hand between Apple and Microsoft is still regarded by countless people as a "surreal" event.

   This kind of news came out just after Christmas, and the entire technology industry can vaguely feel that I don’t know how many things will happen this year!

   And Song Yang was also in San Jose. He met VLSI President Stolaski who was invited. Just hearing the name, he knew what ethnicity he was.

   "President Stolaski, I'm glad you can come!"

  Song Yang and Dobble, as well as several PA Semiconductor executives, met Stolassky.

Stolaski is very tall and typical of a big man. When he saw Song Yang, Stolaski had a smile on his face, "To be honest, I was surprised to hear that news, so in the future, VLSI Semiconductor will Making chips for PA Semiconductors?!"

   Hearing this, Song Yang couldn't help but glance at Stolaski, who obviously had something to say.

Before starting the negotiation, I wanted to win an order for VLSI company. Obviously, I had guessed the purpose of PA Semiconductor looking for him this time. I was afraid that PA Semiconductor would dump it. !

Song Yang and Dobble looked at each other. PA Semiconductor was preparing to build a production line in Asia, and the chips produced by VLSI also had a bit of a stretch. They used to produce chips for Apple. Let’s not talk about the performance, and the production capacity was all there. Everyone rushed into the VLSI office and yelled "damn bastard", one can imagine the level of VLSI.

   But now Stolassky obviously doesn’t want VLSI to be left behind, so before the negotiation starts, he has to ask PA Semiconductor to place an order with VLSI before continuing the negotiation.

   Dobble leaned into Song Yang's ear and whispered a few words. Song Yang thought for a while after hearing it, but nodded in agreement.

   "VLSI will become a partner of PA semiconductors!"

Song Yang also smiled and said to the old Maozi in front of him that Dobble meant to reach a two- to three-year cooperation agreement with VLSI first, and hand over some orders to VLSI to do it, and wait until the fab in Asia is still available. After the production line is completed, consider whether to kick it.

   Hearing this, the smile on Stolassky's face became wider, "Song, I never thought that PA Semiconductor would replace Apple and become ARM's partner!"

   "I believe that PA Semiconductor will be more suitable to be an investor in ARM than Apple. ARM and PA Semiconductor are responsible for designing chips, and VLSI is responsible for production. Song, you have an Alcatel mobile phone here, and ARM can definitely surpass the past..."

   Stolaski obviously doesn't want to destroy ARM's structure. If PA Semiconductor is allowed to control ARM, then one day, if VLSI, the partner responsible for producing chips, is kicked, it will be a waste.

But before Stolaski could finish speaking, Song Yang directly reached out his hand to stop him from continuing, "President Stolaski, within the next three years, PA Semiconductor and ARM can hand over some orders to VLSI for production. This is VLSI. Deserved, but PA Semiconductor wants to get a controlling stake in ARM!"

After Song Yang said this, Dobble was obviously relieved. Song Yang obviously wanted to make PA Semiconductor want to get ARM. ARM does not seem to have a large scale, only less than seven hundred. People, but at the top of the entire semiconductor food chain, it can make the design of PA semiconductors reach the top level of the industry, and may choke the necks of other peers in the future.

Hearing Song Yang's words that could not be rejected, Stolaski was a little hesitant for a while, holding a 14% stake in ARM, VLSI, which is equivalent to having a long-term meal ticket. As long as ARM has orders, it can survive. Going down, but once it loses the 14% stake in ARM, it risks being kicked away.

   "I think Acorn's side, I'm afraid I don't want to hear the news too much. This is not the original intention of ARM when it was established!" Stolaski moved out of another major shareholder, Acorn.

   Dobble looked at this Stolassky, who was not at all like any other old man, and said to him dissatisfiedly, "The times have changed!"

In the face of Stolassky, who still wanted to have both sides, Song Yang did not give him any choice, "PA Semiconductor, already a major shareholder with 43% of ARM's shares, invites President Stolassky today, PA Semiconductor hopes to make the smallest The price is to get ARM..."

   "If VLSI is willing to sell the 14% stake in ARM, then PA Semiconductor doesn't mind buying this part of the stake at a price higher than the market price. In addition, VLSI will become a partner of PA Semiconductor in the future!"

   "If President Stolassky rejects this acquisition, then PA Semiconductor can get ARM's equity from Apple and another 43% equity from Acorn!"

   "But if that time comes, I'm sorry, VLSI will not get another order from ARM, PA Semiconductor!"

The sudden sense of oppression made Stolas suddenly sounded. The man in front of him, who was far younger than him, was still on the Forbes list. He was on the same list as Bill Gates, Buffett, and the Walmart family. , his worth is enough to rank in the top 20, even the Queen of England, parliamentarians and the like, should be polite to them...

   Stolaski did not doubt that what Song Yang said was true or false. After all, there was a scene just now, in which hundreds of millions of dollars were smashed into Apple, saving Apple from fire and water.

This is Song Yang's threat from Chi Guoguo. The cash flow in his hands is not very much, and there is still a lot of things to do this year, but Stolassky does not dare to bet on whether Song Yang can take out any more. Such a huge sum of money...

Once Song Yang and PA Semiconductor really bypassed VLSI and went directly to Acorn, the ARM equity held by VLSI might not be a piece of waste paper, but if they learned from Carl Icahn, the wolf of Wall Street, Use the identity of the major shareholder to engage in some cowardly operations, hollow out ARM, and transfer the main industries, leaving an empty shell. It is estimated that the only VLSI is crying!

  Stolassky dared not bet on all this. What was before him was no longer a multiple-choice question, but a multiple-choice question.

   "This is not the original intention of ARM, it should not be like this..."

  Stolaski shook his head and muttered, but he still started the offer, "200 million US dollars, VLSI transfers ARM equity to PA Semiconductor!"

   "$150 million, the North American Global Investment Fund, can pay VLSI $50 million in cash, and the rest of the acquisition fee will be paid by ICQ, American Telecom, and Double Click's stock."

   The voice fell behind, Song Yang added another sentence, "This is PA Semiconductor, the last quotation!"

  Stolasky once again realized the feeling he felt when facing the giants of Intel and AMD. He was aggrieved but helpless. He didn't give him any chance to bargain at all, and only gave him the right to accept these conditions.

However, this purchase price is enough for VLSI to make a lot of money. You must know that when ARM was established, the three of them contributed less than five million dollars in total, but now they have earned back hundreds of times. .

Fifty million dollars in cash, plus some stock mortgages from American Telecom, ICQ, and Double-click, this makes Stolaski very satisfied. Now is the hot period of the Internet, and the prices of these stocks are likely to skyrocket. of!

   "Song, this is not an attitude towards collaborators. I don't want this scene to happen next time we meet!"

   Stolas made a face and complained to Song Yang in a tone of dissatisfaction and emotion, but he still picked up the pen and signed his name on the equity transfer agreement.

After Stolassky signed the signature, Song Yang also had a smile on his face, "Of course, next time, Stolassky, you will enjoy the best banquets and parties, and the best vodka will be poured into your hands. the wine glass!"

   "I heard that the Yedaex company in Eastern Europe was invested by you Song?" When he got up, Stolassky heard this, suddenly remembered the news he heard from Lao Maozi, and couldn't help asking Song Yang.

Stolassky was born in Lao Maozi, but he traveled all year round in America and Western Europe, Lao Maozi's Eastern Europe, but he went to very little, but he still had connections with Eastern Europe. The most heard news over there is the emergence of Yeadex, which has set off a "technological" storm in Lao Maozi and Eastern Europe.

   And Stolaski had vaguely heard rumors that Song Yang seemed to be one of Yeadex's big money owners, so Stolaski couldn't help but ask.

  Song Yang didn't admit or deny it, he just smiled lightly. There's no need for this kind of thing to cause trouble all over the city, and things like cutting leeks shouldn't be too much fanfare.

Seeing Song Yang's expression, Stolaski basically knew it in his heart. Thinking of the news from Lao Maozi, Stolaski couldn't help but sighed Song Yang's investment vision. As a person in the technology industry, he It is clear that Yeadex, like an octopus, develops unscrupulously in Eastern Europe, and what kind of behemoth it may eventually become...

After Stolassky left, Song Yang looked at the agreement and couldn't help but pursed his lips. He now understands why all companies like to be villains. When Microsoft proposed to acquire Netscape, its attitude was so tough. Compared with the grinning of the mouth, when the villain presses people with power and forces the other party to sign, it is indeed the fastest...

   (end of this chapter)