Rebirth of America, this is my time

When Morgan Stanley was unwilling to provide additional cover for the deal between Commodore and Allen Bradley, the two companies came to an understanding within a very short period of time.

Since both parties are involved in an acquisition, all transactions conducted during this period will be closely monitored by America's Securities and Exchange Commission, so they can only save the country through curveballs.

The day after receiving the threat, Allen Bradley and Commodore entrusted a private equity fund on Wall Street to make an acquisition offer to Ethan Jones. According to Ethan Jones, they were willing to pay 800 Purchased all of Ethan Jones's shares in Chuck Paddo Chip Company for a price of $10,000, paying all the capital gains taxes that Ethan Jones incurred as a result of the transaction.

At the same time, they also made an offer to Nintendo Kyoto Chip Manufacturing Company, willing to buy the production authorization of the 6502 chip in notebooks for two million US dollars, and promised that even if they obtained the notebook production authorization of 6502, in the next five years , they will not produce 6502 chips in this book.

The former transaction made Ethan Jones very satisfied.

He signed decisively, and in the afternoon of the same day, these people transferred the money to his bank account.

The latter transaction was two days late due to the time difference.

When Hiroshi Yamauchi at Nintendo headquarters in Kyoto received this inexplicable acquisition contract, he immediately laughed and signed it after reading the content. Since Ethan Jones had communicated with Minoru Arakawa a long time ago, this scene was fully visible to Minoru Arakawa, who was also driven back to his book.

Looking at the extremely happy old father-in-law, Arakawa pursed his lips with mixed feelings.

At this moment, he found that his father-in-law was right. When a ferocious beast encounters an attack from the outside world for the first time, it will definitely fight bravely. It will tear the enemy into pieces with bared teeth and claws, because only in this way can it keep its own life. It belongs to your own interests.

But there was one thing he couldn't understand -

"Comodore and Alan Bradley were defeated like this?"

"They are too...too...too disappointing, aren't they?"

"They have a lot of power, and they have an extraordinary background. They even brought Morgan Stanley in for the deal, but now..."

"Ethan Jones just threatened them and they gave in?"

Arakawa Minoru looked at his father-in-law in surprise.

Hearing these words, Yamauchi Hiroshi also put down the contract in his hand. Two million US dollars was nothing to him, but this kind of behavior of making money back made him extremely comfortable.

Staring at his son-in-law who couldn't believe it, this old man who had been in business for many years had an emotional smile on his face, "Arakawa, this is actually the weakness of professional managers."

"Do you know why our family, your family, or many big families in our country would rather hire a son-in-law than hire a professional manager for the family business?"

"This is not because the professional managers in our country are not capable enough, but because they always lack the blood. Their power is given by shareholders, and shareholders pursue the greatest interests. In order to maintain their positions, those professional managers must They will take things like financial reports as extremely important.”

"But many times, the development of a company is not just based on financial reports. If the person in power is a lunatic that everyone is afraid of, everyone feels that the guy who infringes on his business will definitely suffer crazy revenge, and even this kind of revenge will be crazy. There is no need to wait for many years, it will appear in the next second, and then this enterprise will definitely develop better than other normal enterprises."

"And this kind of madness only occurs when those in power can really call the shots."

Having said this, Yamauchi Pu stopped and bowed to make himself a cup of tea.

Imanishi Hiroshi acted faster and took action decisively after seeing that his boss wanted to drink tea.

This situation made Yamauchi Pu smile and nodded towards the other party.

He picked up the tea cup, put it to his mouth, blew twice, and then drank it all.

The sudden heat made him squint his eyes instantly, and the bitterness filling his mouth made him smile and shake his head.

After taking a sip, he put down the teacup in his hand, and then said to his son-in-law, who was still stunned: "Where are the documents Ethan Jones asked you to bring? Show them to me."

These words brought back Minoru Arakawa's thoughts. After he delivered the document to his father-in-law, the word authorization that came into view made Yamauchi couldn't help but nod.

I opened it and saw that it read——

On August 15, 1978, Western Design Company officially authorized the copy rights of the eight-bit CPU to Nintendo Kyoto Chip Manufacturing Company. Starting from August 16, 1978, Nintendo Kyoto Chip Manufacturing Co., Ltd. can produce and sell our company's eight-bit central processing units in Japan. In principle, our company will not interfere in the entire process of production and operation of the chip in the notebook, but the Nintendo Kyoto Chip Manufacturing Company is not allowed to directly export the chip to other areas other than the notebook, and is not allowed to sell the chip to Aramco in any way. Liga.

The authorization is for ten years.

Annual licensing fee of $200,000.

At the same time, for every chip produced by Nintendo Kyoto Chip Manufacturing Company, Western Design Company will take away fifty cents of patent fees. Starting from the fourth year, this number will be reduced by five cents every year. By the end of the tenth year, each chip will The royalty fee is fifteen cents.

Although by that time, the production significance of this chip will no longer be significant, but what should be smoked still has to be smoked.

When Hiroshi Yamauchi discovered that the chief engineer of Western Design Company was Bill Mensch...

He immediately closed the document and threw it on the coffee table.

"Bill Mensch is the circuit architect of 6502?" He glanced at Hiroshi Imanishi beside him.

"Yes." Nintendo General Manager Hiroshi Imanishi nodded immediately.

"Oh - Ethan Jones took action after solving the chip crisis." Hiroshi Yamauchi saw through the whole process of the incident and said with a smile: "Okay - very powerful little guy -"

Then he taught his son-in-law, "Arakawa, you are in North America, you can see more and learn more."

If he had heard these words half a year ago, Arakawa Minoru would have scoffed.

But now, he nodded seriously.

At the same time, he was also curious, "Based on the current situation, does Ethan Jones win?"

Although Arakawa did not express another question in his mind, how could the two people at the scene not know about it?

"Arakawa, you are thinking too much."

Nintendo General Manager Hiroshi Imanishi shook his head and said: "At most, this is just the first round in the competition. The capitalists in North America did not understand the character of Ethan Jones, so they fell into a disadvantage."

"After they figure out Ethan Jones's retributive style, their attacks in the next round will be more cautious and violent, so..."

Imanishi Hiroshi lengthened his voice.

Yamauchi Pu took over, "We still have a chance."

"Don't worry, Arakawa, those people must be observing him carefully with a magnifying glass now..."

Just as Hiroshi Yamauchi had guessed, not long after Allen Bradley and Komodo arrived quietly on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs, which had been keeping an eye on them, got the news.

After they learned that Ethan Jones was playing a very novel game of willing to buy shares with the people in Komodo, in the CEO office of Goldman Sachs, John Weinberg and John White Heide and Hede immediately laughed out loud.

"You see what I said is right!"

"Lawrence Rockefeller was not a good man!"

“Ethan Jones robbed Komodor with Morgan Stanley involved?”

"And the robbery was successful?"

“Oh—that’s seriously the funniest joke I’ve heard this year!”

"Hahaha - hiccup -"

Morgan Stanley's resignation brought John Whitehead to tears.

And John Weinberg next to him...

He also kept banging on the table.

As the saying goes, peers are enemies. Goldman Sachs and Morgan have been fighting for decades, and neither of them has beaten the other to death. In this case, watching the other party eat shit is simply more fun than making money yourself!

After laughing, John Weinberg said: "So now..."

"I think the time is ripe for action." John Whitehead understood what the other party meant.

"Then..." John Weinberg rummaged through the folder and pulled out a stack of documents.

"Send it." John Whitehead took it with a smile, and then asked the secretary to come to work.

That afternoon, Goldman Sachs Group held a press conference at its headquarters.

The spokesperson held the speech draft and read it carefully to the media friends below——

"Recently, we at Goldman Sachs conducted a large-scale survey of the technology industry and found that there are major problems and hidden dangers in the current hot CPU industry..."

"The development of Intel and Motorola is relatively slow and they have not gained much market share in the current hot personal computer industry. This situation may affect their market value in the long term. However, the sales volume of MOS Technology, the most famous technology at the moment, cannot be carried by them. Their market value…”

“According to our investigation at Goldman Sachs, the current cheapest central processor MOS 6502 has serious patent issues. So far, there are three companies that have patents for this series of chips, namely MOS Technology, the current manufacturer of MOS 6502, and MOS 6502’s Motorola, the patent owner of the basic R\u0026D Motorola 6800, and the newly established company Western Design Company, the main R\u0026D personnel of the MOS 6502..."

"When the patent for a chip is owned by three companies, the current hot sales are a good-looking sign. Once Motorola and Western Design are put into production, MOS Technology will no longer be able to control the chip market through 6502. According to our estimates, By the end of this year, their market share will likely fall by 50%, and their company's total market value will have room for a 30 to 40% decline..."

"This situation may have a huge impact on Komodo's acquisition. So far, Komodo's acquisition offer for MOS Technology is US$33 million, which is close to 100% of our expectation of US$20 million. The difference is forty, so we urge investors to invest with caution..."

"In addition, the patent issue of 6502 may also have a certain impact on Rockwell, which wants to enter the computer industry, Apple Computer, which already occupies a leading position in the computer industry, and Tandy Company, which produces TRS-80 , since Apple Computer is not currently on the market, the impact will not be directly reflected in the public market, but Rockwell and Tandy, which are already listed..."

"Their market value may all be at risk of falling."

"The personal computer industry and chip industry are risky industries at the moment. Please pay attention to precautions."

When the major media publicized what Goldman Sachs said at the press conference...

Allen Bradley, Commodore, Rockwell and Tandy Company instantly cursed!

Because everyone understands that this special code is a short selling report!

Goldman Sachs warns all investors that they are going to short computer-related companies!

And this fact made Komodor and Alan Bradley's faces turn green with anger!

They just paid 10 million US dollars to Ethan Jones and asked this ancestor to leave the company! And now, Goldman Sachs suddenly appears again, saying that their market value can fall by half?

I'm so good at hitting your mother!

That night, Komodo and MOS Technology directly issued documents stating that Goldman Sachs' report was purely false and that their companies had no risks and no possibility of falling.

The confused Rockwell and the confused Tandy did not fall behind and issued an announcement the next morning. The former stated that their core purpose of acquiring Allen Bradley was to stabilize their main business. Business income, the latter revealed their purchase price from Chuck Paido Chip Manufacturing Company, saying that 6502 for twelve dollars a piece can withstand all risks.

But even so, the market's reaction was fierce. After the stock market opened that day, MOS Technology took the lead and plunged 13 points. Komodo also dropped by 9%. It had nothing to do with the entire struggle but had been trading at a low price. Tandy, which is famous for personal computers, fell by 7%. Even Rockwell, which was not much involved in the entire industry, suffered some selling and fell by 5%.

This fact made the computer company that suffered greatly cry for its father and mother, and Ethan Jones, who was far away in California... After listening to Steve Ballmer's report, he immediately smiled and shook his head.

‘The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows, right? ’

‘The guys on Wall Street are really a bunch of old coins! ’

In fact, when Ethan learned that Morgan Stanley was behind Commodore and Rockwell, he knew that there was no way that guy from Goldman Sachs could sit still.

Unfortunately, he never guessed what Goldman Sachs would do.

But now, everything is clear. Unlike Morgan Stanley’s black knight robbery, Goldman Sachs is playing a short-selling trick. Making money in this way seems to be more risky than Morgan Stanley, but from public opinion Generally speaking, ordinary people who don't know why are more acceptable.

Because in the eyes of the public, Goldman Sachs only released some industry reports based on facts. The decline in the stock prices of the companies involved in the reports was due to the evil done by those companies themselves and had nothing to do with Goldman Sachs.

Not only that, but Goldman Sachs is a good guy who is there to help people clear mines.

Ethan had never believed in such overly beautified public opinion in his previous life, but he had to say...

These guys did a great job.

"Is there anything else?" Ethan smiled and looked at Ballmer.

"No more." Ballmer shook his head.

"Okay, then you can go back to work and notify me if there is anything urgent. If not...just let them handle it themselves."

Now that Goldman Sachs has launched a robbery, Ethan feels that he can take a break.

The reason is simply that when Goldman Sachs took action, Comodore, Allen Bradley, and Morgan Stanley simply had no intention of dealing with them.

In most cases, Goldman Sachs will not issue a short-selling report, and once they do, they will definitely burp before leaving the market.

MOS Technology's 13% is just the beginning. Rockwell's 5% is simply not enough to survive. Goldman Sachs will definitely continue to smash it in the rest of the time.

For target companies, this period of time is a proper Good Friday, but for Ethan Jones...it's up to you to fight! The harder you hit, the better! The world was shattered by the beating! It won’t be a problem if the avenue you hit is wiped out!

He doesn't care who wins or loses!

He just wants to sleep peacefully for a while!