Chapter 968

Also benefited from the cooperation with IDG united technology company.

Several times the project came down.

ERV got the "membership" of the US confidential software project.

Otherwise, if the general company wants to go through this process, it will take quite a long time. This software alone costs the U.S. government 150 million dollars a year to license.

And there are no restrictions on exports to other western countries.

That is to say.

If other western countries want to use it, they will have to pay for it. It is estimated that by the end of next year, the company's annual authorization fee may exceed US $500 million, or even higher.

Although I earn less.

It's not as much as IBM, but soldiers can't make money for this equipment for the time being. It's just like Huawei's equipment is rejected by western countries. If you don't have something, people will buy it.

Not to mention "no" yet.

"Mr. chairman, can the funds of ERV support these projects?" Toshiba's director asked.

"Of course, there's no problem. Many of these projects are just started, and they don't need to invest too much money at a time. With ERV's profitability, these projects can continue even without loans."

"At the same time, I'd like to highlight the first acquisition of the new ERV," the soldier added

"Acquisition plan?"

The following people were stunned.

Just got the money, these distant project funds are not necessarily enough, you still buy?

I guess it's a company that's not very valuable.

"This company is called arm."

The soldier finally said the final goal of this strategic financing.

“WHAT?”

“ARM？”

They all thought they heard wrong.

What do you do with this? The company present, even the weakest one, has a market value more than ten times or even tens of times that of arm. They don't care much about this company.

Although almost all of them cooperate with arm and adopt arm's technical architecture.

But.

This is a compromise based on common protocol standards.

If everyone's devices adopt the same architecture technology, they will reduce a lot of trouble in device compatibility. It's not that they can't design chips, but to avoid falling into the vicious competition of architecture standards.

"Chairman, I want to know why I want to buy this company?" Apple directors raise their hands.

"This is based on the long-term strategic consideration of ERV. Almost all the projects I mentioned before involve chips. Therefore, I plan to buy arm to save the company's future expenses.

Originally, I planned to develop new architecture technology by myself and also acquired the last company you saw on the list. However, for some reasons, I suddenly felt that the acquisition of arm might save some time. " The soldier explained.

"In the end, which company is researching a new chip architecture?"

"It seems that I did mention it."

"By the way, I'm a little impressed, too."

“。。。”

Recall the previous list.

As the company with the lowest valuation.

Many of them just looked at their names.

This company with a valuation of less than 100 million US dollars is not worth their bargaining. The real big head is those core business companies with billions or tens of billions of US dollars.

The soldier continued.

"ERV has been involved in the design of large-scale integrated circuit chips for a long time. It acquired SVC computer company of the United States half a year ago. Now it has achieved little success. However, in order to avoid competition, I decided to acquire arm."

"That's what I said about help." The soldier continued.

"What?"

"Is that help?"

“。。。”

As soon as the soldier finished speaking.

The following immediately became lively.

It turns out that this is the "help" they have been guessing for many days. Looking back on the financing process of ERV, is it to raise funds and contacts to acquire arm?

But it doesn't make sense.

Even if we don't buy arm.

This company won't be a hindrance to ERV. It's eager for you to use it. That can only be attributed to the strong desire for control of the chairman, which they have already seen.

Help or not?

This is a problem.

On the one hand, they are partners who have worked together for many years; on the other hand, they are ERV, which is rising and ambitious. Moreover, arm's shares are mainly not in their hands, and most of them are still in the founders' hands.

Even if they help.

You can't force an old friend to sell the company.

Others have different minds.

Intel's representatives are happy.

They and arm have been competing for the market, but in the field of mobile devices, they are almost beaten by arm. Now, it's great for ERV to set foot in arm. It depends on whether you are proud or not.As for whether ERV will let arm go to the next level.

Intel doesn't care.

The positioning of x86 architecture is different from that of arm architecture. It is impossible for both sides to break through this "gap" by relying on the existing architecture technology. Otherwise, there will not be the current pattern.

"Chairman, we are very embarrassed about this. After all, we are only small shareholders of arm. It is impossible to force others to sell the company. Please understand." Apple directors took the lead.

At the beginning of the establishment of arm.

Apple owns 39% of its shares, and then gradually sold most of them. Now it is only a minority shareholder, but as one of the founders, it has always had a good relationship with arm.

Apple directors believe that.

The chairman is going to let them take the lead. Of course, he has to say something.

"yes, this company has the final say." Samsung directors said.

"Chairman, I think the success rate of acquiring arm is very low, and it is likely to spend all the cash raised by ERV, which is not conducive to other projects." Sequoia's directors went on.

“。。。”

The directors are singing down.

However.

The soldiers were unmoved.

"Please rest assured that you don't need to come forward. As long as you don't object at the board of directors, it will help us. If the acquisition fails, it's a big deal to start the backup scheme and take the road of self-developed chip architecture."

When they heard that they didn't need to persuade them, the directors felt that the soldiers were overconfident. Did they belittle them? Sometimes people are so strange that they are afraid of being used and feel useless.

"That's all for this meeting. Please also pay attention to the regulations of the board of directors. Our vice chairman will fly to arm headquarters in the afternoon to formally propose the acquisition. Do you have anything else to do? "

That's it.

The soldier passed the resolution of the board of directors.

This is the advantage of absolute holding. At the critical moment, you can go your own way.

The directors look at each other face to face. Now that they are all like this, what else can they say? Anyway, if they don't listen to the advice, let the chairman toss about. Even if he fails, there will be no loss.

If it works.

It's a big deal. It's just burning down the financing.

There are sustained profits from fire.

Or get a loan from a bank.

There's no way for the ERV to go.

。。。

The next day.

ERV officially announced the acquisition of arm, and the media was in an uproar. As soon as the financing was finished, they began to spend money. They were glad to buy a company like arm, and they had something to write about.

Most of them feel unreliable.

Or for the speculation before the listing of ERV, so ERV dominated the headlines for another two days.

But.

Two days later.

That's September 23.

In the incredible eyes.

The founder of arm held a board meeting.

Agreed to sell 41% of arm's shares, not accept cash, and instead hold 3% of ERV's shares, which are offered by the chairman of ERV.

It's like getting it without spending a cent.

But it's not over.

There is no absolute holding.

The following week, ERV bought 5% of the shares from several companies at a premium. So far, Tang Qing bought them in the stock market, and his cousin EIman sold them.

Tang Qing has achieved absolute control over arm.

And this kind of operation is endless.

It blinds too many people.